Legal Opinion
Morris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1969No. 4940, 4941PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
The appellants were convicted by a court, sitting without a jury, of knowingly presenting, directing, and participating in the presentation of an obscene, indecent, and filthy performance. 1 Two officers of the Morals Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, in the company of two other officers, observed the performance of appellant Carroll at the Gayety Theatre. Nineteen photographs of her performance, which corroborated the details of the officers’ testimony, as well as some parts of her costume, were admitted into evidence. The undisputed facts were that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by22 opinions
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