Legal Opinion
State v. Bryant
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 13, 1974No. 24PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOBBITT, Chief Justice.
G.S. 14-190.1, the statute under which defendants are charged, was enacted by Chapter 405, Session Laws of 1971, to become effective 1 July 1971. Prior to consideration thereof, it seems appropriate to review briefly the content and fate of prior criminal statutes relating to the dissemination of “obscene” material.
The 1971 Act expressly repealed former G.S. 14-189.1 which had been enacted by Chapter 1227 of the Session Laws of 1957 and amended by Chapter 164 of the Session Laws of 1965. See State v. McCluney, 280 N.C. 404, 185 S.E. 2d 870 (1972), and State v. Bryant,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. J-R Distributors, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. WedelstedtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. HartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
- People v. NeumayerMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. ManzoHawaii Supreme Court · 1977
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