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JENKINS v. STATE

27692.

230 Ga. 726 (1973)

199 S.E.2d 183

JENKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gardner, Wiggins, Geer & Brimberry, Peter Zack Geer, Charles F. Hatcher, for appellant.

Robert Reynolds, District Attorney, Tony H. Hight, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Billy Jenkins appeals his conviction and sentence for the offense of distributing obscene materials. The conviction is based on the fact that he exhibited the film Carnal Knowledge in a movie theater in Albany, Georgia.

The threshold question to be decided is whether or not the showing of the film Carnal Knowledge violates Code Ann. Ch. 26-21 prohibiting the distribution of obscene materials. The trial jury, under proper instructions from...

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