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PEOPLE v. AUSTIN

Docket No. 25433.

76 Mich. App. 455 (1977)

257 N.W.2d 120

PEOPLE v. AUSTIN CITY OF DETROIT v. AUSTIN.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kermit G. Bailer, Corporation Counsel, Maureen P. Reilly, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Marion Moore, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, for plaintiff City of Detroit.

University of Detroit Urban Law Clinic (by Gilbert A. Donohue, Supervising Attorney), for defendant.

Before: D.E. HOLBROOK, P.J., and BASHARA and W.F. HOOD, JJ.

BASHARA, J.

Defendant Joseph Varick Austin was convicted of promoting pornography, in violation of § 39-1-18.1 of the Municipal Code of the City of Detroit. The conviction was affirmed in the Wayne County Circuit Court. This Court granted the defendant leave to appeal.

Defendant was a clerk working at the Adult News Bookstore in the City of Detroit. On March 6, 1974, Detroit Police Officer Donald Smith,...

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