Gornto v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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1. ““The sole contents of the magazine sold by appellant were photographic depictions of nudity (including unclothed human male and female genitalia in close proximity) and acts of homosexuality, sadism and masochism, and verbal descriptions (in coarse, vulgar language) of acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sodomy, bestiality, sexual intercourse (fornication), sadism or masochism. The jury was correctly charged as to the statutory definition of obscene material, as contained in Code Ann. § 26-2101 (b, c). Their finding, that the above described material comes within such statutory definition, is authorized by the evidence, which supports their verdict of guilty.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gornto v. McDougall