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PEOPLE v. HUME, INC.

Nos. 46523-46526 cons.

60 Ill.2d 397 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HUME, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and William J. Cowlin, State's Attorney, of Woodstock (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Daniel A. Mengeling, Assistant State's Attorney, of Woodstock, of counsel), for the People.

James P. Hecht, of Woodstock, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

The People appeal directly to this court (Rule 302(a)(1)) from the judgment of the circuit court of McHenry County holding the Illinois obscenity statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 11-20) unconstitutional and dismissing four complaints charging defendants with obscenity. The complaints charged that defendants "exhibited an obscene motion picture, to-wit: an untitled...

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