PEOPLE v. VICKERY

Docket Nos. 22849-22851.

69 Mich. App. 183 (1976)

244 N.W.2d 404

PEOPLE v. VICKERY. CITY OF EAST DETROIT v. VICKERY. PEOPLE v. BRABOY CITY OF EAST DETROIT v. BRABOY. PEOPLE v. LININGTON. CITY OF EAST DETROIT v. LININGTON.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mihelich & Carlson, for the people.

Daner, Freeman, McKenzie & Matthews, P.C., for defendants.

Before: DANHOF, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and M.J. KELLY, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

V.J. BRENNAN, J.

We must determine if a municipality may enact ordinances imposing criminal liability for the display of obscene motion pictures and, if possessing the authority to do so, the City of East Detroit has enacted ordinances that are permissible under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.1

The City of East Detroit, in July 1973, enacted ordinances purporting to punish...

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