HERMANN v. UNITED STATES

No. 6374.

304 A.2d 22 (1973)

Friedrich Peter HERMANN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Dietz, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Warren S. Grimes, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the bar of the State of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Lester B. Seidel, and James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

After a nonjury trial, appellant was convicted of exhibiting an obscene motion picture in violation of D.C.Code 1972 Supp., § 22-2001. Appellant contends that there must be a reversal because, among other things, there was no evidence that the film exceeded community standards and the court found there was no community standard, national or otherwise.

After the arresting officer testified, the film involved was introduced into...

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