Legal Opinion
County of Kenosha v. C & S MANAGEMENT, INC.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 22, 1999No. 97-0642PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonald W. Steinmetz, J.
¶ 1. This case raises a number of issues for review:(1) Does Wis. Stat. § 944.21, prohibiting the sale of obscene material, violate the federal and Wisconsin Constitutions in being too vague and overbroad? We hold that it does not.(2) If the Wisconsin standard of obscenity is that stated in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), were jury instructions which expanded the Miller "prurient interest" standard to material that "appeals generally to a shameful, unhealthy, unwholesome, degrading. . .interest in sex" and added the word genuinely to the Miller "serious value" definition erroneous?…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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