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PEOPLE v. BLOSS

No. 22 October Term 1971, Docket Nos. 53,135-53,137.

388 Mich. 409 (1972)

201 N.W.2d 806

PEOPLE v. BLOSS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and S.J. Venema, Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

John W. Piggott, P.C., for defendant Bloss.

ADAMS, J.

The United States Supreme Court has declared obscenity to be outside the First Amendment guarantee of free speech (Roth v United States, 354 U.S. 476; 77 S.Ct. 1304; 1 L Ed 2d 1498 [1957]). It has attempted to define what constitutes obscenity. In Memoirs v Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413, 418; 86 S.Ct. 975; 16 L Ed 2d 1 (1966), Justice Brennan wrote:

"We defined obscenity...

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