Legal Opinion

State v. Burgun

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1978No. Nos. 77-1144, 77-1154, 77-1155, 77-1279PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCelebrezze, J.

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The appellants have raised seven propositions of law. The first fonr propositions apply to all four appeals. Propositions No. 5 and 6 apply only to State v. Burgun, case No. 77-1144, and likewise proposition No. 7 is concerned solely with State v. Krute, case No. 77-1279.

In their first proposition of law, appellants contend that the definition of obscenity contained in R. C. 2907.01 (F) and incorporated in R. C. 2907.32 (A) (4) is both over-broad and vague and therefore in violation of their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The definition of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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  3. Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Heller v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Roaden v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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