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STATE v. AMATO

No. 58619.

343 So.2d 698 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Frank J. AMATO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Geraldine S. Veazey, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph Neves Marcal, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Frank J. Amato, was charged by bill of information with five violations of the state obscenity statute, La.R.S. 14:106. These charges were based upon his alleged conduct in exhibiting five pornographic magazines for commercial gain. Upon defendant's motion, the district judge quashed the bill of information on the grounds that portions of paragraph A, sub-section (2) of the statute are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. The State appealed...

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