STATE v. LETT

No. 8925.

114 Ohio App. 414 (1961)

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

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Hamilton County.

Decided November 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Watson Hover, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. William S. Mathews, for appellee.

Mr. Paul W. Schuch, for appellant.


HILDEBRANT, J.

Defendant, appellant herein, was convicted for violating Section 2905.34, Revised Code, making it a crime for anyone to "knowingly * * * have in his possession or under his control an obscene, lewd, or lascivious * * * photograph."

His sole defense was one of law that the statute was unconstitutional in that it amounted to a deprivation of freedom of speech and press, as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of...

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