Sale, distribution, or exhibition of obscene matter
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana (1989)
Most recently applied in Adams v. State (March 2004)
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.33
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 1. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) sends or brings into Indiana obscene matter for sale or distribution; or
(2) offers to distribute, distributes, or exhibits to another person obscene matter;
commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the obscene matter depicts or describes sexual conduct involving any person who is or appears to be under eighteen (18) years of age.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.