Legal Opinion

Flynt v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1980No. 58746PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his conviction on eleven counts of distributing obscene materials, eight issues of Hustler magazine and three issues of a magazine entitled Chic.

1. Code Ann. § 26-2101 prohibits the knowing distribution of obscene materials. Material is obscene if: (1) to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, it predominantly appeals to the prurient interest — a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion; (2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and (3) it depicts or…

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2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Harris v. Entertainment Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. County of Kenosha v. C & S MANAGEMENT, INC.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Faloona v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1985
  4. Saliba v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Stancil v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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