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WHEELER v. STATE

No. 725, September Term, 1976.

35 Md. App. 372 (1977)

370 A.2d 602

JOHN W. WHEELER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton W. Sandler for appellant.

Bruce C. Spizler, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Robert Hedeman, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MENCHINE and MOORE, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

A jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, presided over by Judge Solomon Liss,1 decided that the magazine entitled "Linda Lovelace, the Star of Deep Throat" was, under contemporary community standards, obscene. In so doing, the jury convicted John W. Wheeler of violating Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 418, and Judge Liss imposed a fine upon Wheeler of five hundred dollars ($500).

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