Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. LaLONDE
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1972No. Appeal, 144PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
Louis LaLonde, Charles Mitehlen and William Sehrin were convicted in a nonjury trial in Allegheny *366County of illegal possession and sale of obscene literature in violation of Section 524 of the Act of June 24, 1989, P. L. 874, as amended, 18 P.S. §4524.1 Post-trial motions were denied and sentence was imposed. On appeal the Superior Court affirmed the judgments without opinion. Judges Hoffman and Spaulding noted a dissent. See 218 Pa. Superior Court 805, 275 A. 2d 394 (1971). We granted allocatur.
The events recounted at trial began on October 31, 1907, with the…
2Cases cited52 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
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ShireySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Long v. 130 MKT. ST. GIFT & NOVELTY, ETC.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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