JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


501 S.W.2d 273 (1973)

Ben JOHNSON, Jr., and James Lewis, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Calvin Aker, Somerset, for appellants.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Robert V. Bullock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CATINNA, Commissioner.

Ben Johnson, Jr., and James Lewis were convicted by a jury in the Pulaski Circuit Court of exhibiting an obscene movie in violation of KRS 436.101. Upon appeal to this court, the judgment of the lower court was affirmed. Johnson v. Commonwealth, Ky., 475 S.W.2d 893 (1971).

The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States was granted, 413 U.S. 912, 93 S.Ct. 3042, 37 L. Ed...

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