Legal Opinion
Little Store, Inc. v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 5, 1982No. 999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMoylan, J.
The appellant, Little Store, Inc., a corporation, was found guilty by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Alan M. Resnick, of distributing an obscene publication. It was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon this appeal, the appellant raises two contentions:
1. That Judge Resnick erroneously instructed and failed to instruct the jury in that:(a) He refused to give certain instructions requested by the appellant;(b) He erroneously provided two alternative definitions of the phrase "prurient interest”;(c) He erroneously defined the word "obscene”; and
2. That he erroneously failed to…
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