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LEE ART THEATRE, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH

170 S.E.2d 769 (1969)

LEE ART THEATRE, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Bambacus, T. Wilson Hotze, Jr., Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

D. Gardiner Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, JJ.

I'ANSON, Justice.

Defendant, Lee Art Theatre, Inc., a Virginia corporation, was tried by a jury on an information filed on October 31, 1966, by the Commonwealth's attorney of the City of Richmond, charging that the corporation did unlawfully and knowingly promote, manage and exhibit an obscene motion picture. (Section 18.1-228, Code of 1950, as amended.) The jury found the defendant guilty and fixed its punishment at a fine of $500. Judgment was entered on the verdict...

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