Legal Opinion
Lancaster v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 9, 1969No. 452, September Term, 1968PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C.J.
Appellant was charged by criminal information with having on September 9, 1968 in Allegany County, Maryland, possessed, distributed, and sold an obscene motion picture film in violation of Section 418 of Article 27 of the Maryland Code (1968 Cum. Supp.). 1 He was subsequently convicted by the court sitting without a jury and fined $500.00. On this appeal he contends that the film was not obscene under the constitutional standards articulated in recent cases of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The State, adduced evidence at the trial showing that appellant traded as B & M Enterprises of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mishkin v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Woodruff v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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- Modern Social Education, Inc. v. PrellerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
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