State v. Wolfe

In these consolidated cases, plaintiff, the state of Ohio, appeals from identical judgments of the Franklin County Municipal Court and raises the following assignments or error in each case:

“The trial court erred by granting the defendant-appellee’s motion to dismiss the indictment.”

On May 8, 1986, a police officer purchased a videotape entitled “Slave Piercing” from the defendants at the Zodiac Book Store. The videotape, which constitutes the subject of this action, is divided into four segments, each of which depicts sadomasochism, including sexual bondage, sexual discipline or…