State v. Hollins

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, a clerk in an “Adult Book Store,” appeals a conviction and $300 fine in a court-tried case for violating § 563.280 (RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.), which provides that “Every person who shall . . . offer for sale . . . any obscene picture ... or other publication of indecent, immoral or scandalous character shall, on conviction thereof, be fined . .

The State’s information charged that “Percy Leroy Hollins in the City of St. Louis, on the 8th day of February, 1974, did knowingly sell to Officer Zouglas (sic) a certain obscene publication bearing the following title:…