Monger v. Florida

Mr. Justice Douglas, with whom Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Stewart concur,

dissenting.

Petitioner was employed in a newsstand which sold “girlie” magazines. He was charged with the sale of two allegedly obscene magazines — Body Shop and The Erotic Cinema — in violation of Florida’s obscenity statute 1 and, on November 3, 1970, the jury returned verdicts of guilty on both counts. On January 12, 1971, the trial court orally pronounced its judgment of guilty and imposed a sentence of either a $1,000 fine or six months’ imprisonment on each count, plus costs. That same day, petitioner filed…