Legal Opinion
State v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 6, 1970No. 41177, 41436PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, justice.
These appeals arise out of convictions for the sale of obscene books by clerks employed at 480 Wabasha Street in the city of St. Paul. Because the principal issues are identical, the cases have been consolidated for oral argument and disposition by this court.
Defendant Melvin Hoyt was charged with having sold three obscene books on August 31, 1967, The Way of a Man with a Maid, Adam and Eve, and Business as Usual. Defendant Joseph Lee was charged with having sold two obscene books on January 8, 1968, Lady Susan’s Cruel Lover and True Love Stories of Growing Up. The complaints…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- State v. WelkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Commonwealth v. LaLONDESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- City of Chicago v. GeraciIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
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