Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Corey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 3, 1966PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The defendant was convicted upon a complaint charging that on December 21,1965, he “did sell to a person under the age of eighteen years, a book entitled Candy, ’ which was obscene, indecent, and impure, and manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth.” The statute on which the complaint was based is G. L. c. 272, § 28 (as amended through St. 1959, c. 492, § 1), the relevant portions of which are: “Whoever sells ... to a person under the age of eighteen years a book . . . which is obscene, indecent or impure, or manifestly tends to corrupt the morals of youth . . . shall be punished . .…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Mishkin v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. AlfonsiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- AM. BOOKSELLERS ASS'N, INC. v. RendellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BuckleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Commonwealth v. PalladinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. BaconMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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