People v. Doto

The defendants, James Doto and Eugene Doladkowski, were charged in separate complaints with obscenity in violation of section 11—20 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11—20). Both were found guilty in separate proceedings before the trial court sitting without a jury, and each was fined $100. Their cases were consolidated for purposes of this appeal. The defendants argue that the evidence failed to establish the defendants’ knowledge of the contents of the publications and therefore, they were not proved guilty of obscenity beyond a reasonable doubt; that the…