Legal Opinion
State v. Regan
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1982No. 47934-8PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
Michael Clinton, an employee of the Yakima Magazine Center (Center), and R. N. Regan, the *49president of J-R Distributors, Inc., which owns the Center, were convicted by a jury of two counts of selling obscene materials. They appealed these convictions to the Court of Appeals, Division Three. Pursuant to RCW 2.06.030(d) and RAP 4.2, the Court of Appeals certified the case to us. We now vacate those convictions.
Yakima police officers purchased two 8 millimeter films from Michael Clinton. These films, entitled "True Lust" and "Sixteen Inches of Meat", became the basis for a warrant to search the…
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