Legal Opinion
Smith v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1960No. 9PublishedCited by 1,223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice. Brennan
delivéred the opinion of the Court.
Appellant, the proprietor of a bookstore, was convicted in a California Municipal Court under a Los Angeles City ordinance which makes it unlawful “for any person to have in his possession any obscene or indecent writing, [or] book . . . [i]n any place of business where . . . books . . . are sold or kept for sale.” 1 The offense was defined by the Municipal Court, and by the Appellate *149Department of the Superior Court,2 which affirmed, the Municipal Court judgment imposing a jail sentence on appellant, as consisting solely of the…
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