Legal Opinion
Little Store, Inc. v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 6, 1983No. [No. 49, September Term, 1982.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCouch, J.
Article 27, section 418, Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl. Vol.), proscribes, inter alia, the distribution of any obscene matter in this state. 1 The appellant, Little Store, Inc., 2 was convicted in a jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of violating section 418, and appealed said conviction to the Court of Special Appeals; that Court affirmed. Little Store, Inc. v. State, 51 Md. App. 501 (1982). We granted certiorari in order to determine a question of public interest and, as explicated below, will reverse.
Because of the nature of the questions raised for our review, the facts…
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