STATE v. MAPP

No. 36091.

170 Ohio St. 427 (1960)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. MAPP, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mrs. Gertrude Bauer Mahon, for appellee.

Mr. A. L. Kearns, for appellant.


TAFT, J.

The books and pictures in evidence in the instant case clearly represent, and the undisputed evidence in the record indicates, that defendant knew at the time she is charged with having possessed them that they represented lewd and lascivious books and pictures. However, defendant contends that they were not "in [her] possession or under [her] control" within the meaning of the words of Section 2905.34, Revised Code.

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