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BENNETT v. STATE

No. 148, September Term, 1970.

11 Md. App. 248 (1971)

273 A.2d 461

SCOTT BENNETT v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal P. Myerberg for appellant.

Francis X. Pugh, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Joseph D. Weiner, State's Attorney for St. Mary's County, and David M. Williams, Assistant State's Attorney for St. Mary's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and MOYLAN and POWERS, JJ.

MURPHY, C.J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court. POWERS, J., dissents. Dissenting opinion by POWERS, J., at page 250 infra.

Appellant was convicted at a court trial of violating the State's obscenity law, Maryland Code, Article 27, Section 418, by possessing, with intent to distribute, an issue of a newspaper publication known as the "Quicksilver Times." On appeal he claims the court erred in finding the...

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