Legal Opinion
People v. Bates
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 6, 1976No. 75-101PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD
delivered the opinion of the court:
In a six-count information, the defendant, Randall Anthony Bates, was charged with the offense of obscenity (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11— 20). The gravamen of each count was that on December 29, 1973, the defendant had made available for viewing by the general public a certain obscene film in Rockford, Illinois. Upon return of the jury’s verdict of guilty on each count, the trial court entered judgments of guilty and fined defendant *1000 on each count for a total fine of *6000. Defendant raises five issues for review: (1) whether…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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