Legal Opinion
Roaden v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 25, 1971PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Commissioner.
Harry Roaden, manager of Highway-27 Drive-In Theatre, was convicted of exhibiting obscene material in contravention of KRS 436.101(2). His penalty was fixed by the jury at a fine of $1,000 and confinement in jail for six months. The obscene material was a motion picture entitled “Cindy and Donna.” It was conceded by Roaden’s counsel in closing argument to the jury that the film is obscene. No issue is presented on appeal as to the obscenity of the material.
The assignments of error are that (1) the film was illegally seized; hence, evidence of its content should have been…
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- Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
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