Commonwealth v. Kocinski

This is an appeal from convictions after a District Court trial before a jury of six on complaints charging knowing dissemination of obscene matter. G. L. c. 272, § 29. The defendants McKinney were the owners of a lounge in Wrentham, the defendant Miller was the lounge’s bartender, and the defendant Kocinski was a dancer who performed there. The only issue raised on appeal is the propriety of the denial of their motions for directed verdicts made at the close of the Commonwealth’s case. All the defendants claim that the performances of the defendant Kocinski at the lounge were not obscene;…