PEOPLE v. NOROFF

Docket No. Crim. 11200.

67 Cal.2d 791 (1967)

433 P.2d 479

63 Cal. Rptr. 575

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAVID NOROFF et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Philip E. Grey, Assistant City Attorney, and Michael T. Sauer, Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Assistant Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Herald Price Fahringer and Gerald J. Levie for Defendants and Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

Defendants were charged in the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District with a violation of Penal Code section 311.2, which proscribes the possession of obscene matter for distribution in this state.1 In chambers, the trial court examined the challenged material, a single copy of a magazine entitled "International Nudist Sun, Vol. 1, No. 5" (hereinafter referred to as "INS #5"). The court ruled that the magazine...

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