STATE v. JOHNSON

Nos. 58495 and 58496.

343 So.2d 705 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Stephen W. JOHNSON. STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth V. HENSLEY.

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., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jacques F. Bezou, Michael Silvers, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

By separate and unrelated bills of information, the defendants in these consolidated appeals were charged with having violated La.R.S. 14:106, the Louisiana obscenity statute. Both defendants filed motions to quash the informations alleging the unconstitutionality of the obscenity statute, and the district judge sustained both motions. The State, in each case, has appealed.

After careful review of the judgments of the district court and of...

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