Legal Opinion
State v. Haas
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 3, 1968No. 40376PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rogosheske, Justice.
Defendant was convicted by an all-male jury in the municipal court of St. Paul upon a charge of intentionally using the mails to convey an obscene letter (received in evidence at trial as exhibit A) in violation of Minn. St. 617.26, which provides in pertinent part:
“Every person who shall deposit * * * in any post-office in the state* * * any of the articles or things specified in section 617.241 * * * with the intent of having the same conveyed by mail * * * shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
The articles or things specified in § 617.241 are “any obscene book, magazine,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by23 opinions
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