Legal Opinion
Ayre v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 31, 1981No. [No. 138, September Term, 1980.]PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
Murphy, C. J., concurs in the result.
The two defendants prosecuting this appeal, Baltimore News Center, Inc. and its corporate officer, Thomas Martin Ayre, were convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore for distributing obscene matter in violation of this State’s criminal code. Preliminarily, the State contends by its motion to dismiss this appeal that neither the record in this criminal cause nor the particular substantive issue we address is properly before this Court, views with which, after a brief explication of the facts, we shall express our disagreement. Moreover,…
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