HOUSE v. COMMONWEALTH


169 S.E.2d 572 (1969)

210 Va. 121

Charles HOUSE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Caprio, Jr., Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, and HARRISON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

An indictment in the court below charged that Charles House "did knowingly and unlawfully sell and commercially distribute and exhibit obscene items," specified as an issue of the magazine KNIGHT and two issues of the magazine RAW, "knowing the said items * * * to be obscene," in violation of Code § 18.1-228, as amended.1

The defendant filed a motion to...

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