STATE v. MANZO

No. 5795.

573 P.2d 945 (1977)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas MANZO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myer C. Symonds, Honolulu (Bouslog & Symonds, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Randolph R. Slaton, Deputy Pros. Atty., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu (Lawrence S. Grean, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KIDWELL, Justice.

Appellant was charged, in the district court, that he "knowing its contents and character did disseminate for monetary consideration pornographic materials, to wit, a 8mm movie film entitled "Dog Instruktio", thereby committing the offense of Promoting Pornography, in violation of Section 1214(1)(a) of the Hawaii Penal Code."

After Appellant's demand for a jury trial, the cause was transferred to the circuit court, where Appellant moved to...

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