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State v. PEE DEE NEWS COMPANY

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 15, 1985No. 22383PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

Pee Dee News Company, Inc. (Appellant) appeals convictions on 46 counts of distributing obscene material.

We reverse and remand for new trial.

Appellant is a distributor of various types of publications, including magazines seized under criminal warrants and made the subject of 49 indictments charging distribution of obscene materials.

*564ISSUES

Reversal is based upon prosecutorial misconduct and failure of the trial judge to consolidate counts in the indictments for purpose of sentencing.

We address those issues and additionally, Appellant’s challenges of the constitutionality of the obscenity…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. State v. CrenshawSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
  3. State v. HuiettSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
  4. State v. KingSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1952
  5. Maxwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. KornahrensSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
  2. State v. NeedsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  3. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  4. State v. BurtonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
  5. State v. SierraCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1999

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