Legal Opinion
State v. Lesieure
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 17, 1979No. 78-334-C.APublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeisberger, J.
This case comes before us on two questions certified by the Superior Court for Kent County regarding the constitutionality of portions of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment), chapter 31 of title 11. The defendants were charged with violating provisions of this chapter in an indictment returned by the Kent County Grand Jury charging that the defendants
“knowingly have in their possession, books, magazines, pictures and other material which are obscene, for the purpose of sale and exhibition in violation of §11-31-1, G.L.R.I., 1956, as amended, (Reenactment of 1969).”
The defendants moved to dismiss the…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Pack v. City of ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1982
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- State v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1985
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