Legal Opinion
State v. Groetken
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 24, 1991No. 90-1787PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
In January 1989, we stated there “was a gaping void in Iowa’s adult pornography statute.” State v. Applause Video, Inc., 434 N.W.2d 864 (Iowa 1989). We held Iowa Code section 728.4 (1987) prohibited the sale of hard-core pornography, but did not prohibit the rental of hard-core pornography. Id. This void was closed by the legislature in May of 1989. In apparent response to our refusal to extend the coverage of the 1987 statute to the rental of hard-core pornography, the legislature amended section 728.4. See 1989 Iowa Acts, ch. 263, § 2. As it extended the coverage of the…
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