Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lotten Books, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 20, 1981PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
The defendants were charged with violation of G. L. c. 272, § 29, to wit, the possession of obscene films, knowing them to be obscene, and with intent to disseminate them. The defendants were convicted following a jury waived trial in the Boston Municipal Court, their motions for required findings of not guilty having been denied. Thereafter each filed a motion for reconsideration or for a new trial, the issues being the same as those raised in their earlier motions. The judge found the questions of law raised by those motions so important that pursuant to Mass.R. Crim.P. 34, 378 Mass. 905…
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