Legal Opinion
State v. Thompkins
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 15, 1975No. 19943PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Justice:
Appellants were convicted of exhibiting obscene motion pictures at the Chateau Theatre, in Charleston County, South Carolina, in violation of the State’s obscenity statutes, Section 16-414.1 et seq., 1962 Code of Laws, as amended. This appeal from their conviction and sentence challenges, in general, the admission of the motion pictures into evidence, the constitutionality of the statutes under which they were convicted the denial of their motions for a directed verdict of not guilty, and the refusal of certain requested instructions to the jury.
The alleged offense occurred on…
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