STATE v. ECHOLS

No. 64225.

376 So.2d 1244 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. George P. ECHOLS & New Orleans, Inc. International Theaters; George P. Echols & Cine Royale, Inc. International Theaters of New Orleans, Inc.; Cine Royale, Inc. & George P. Echols; International Theaters of New Orleans, Inc.; Cine Royale, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Silvers, Silvers & Tanet, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

George P. Echols, International Theaters of New Orleans, Inc. (d/b/a Paris Theater), and Cine Royale, Inc. (d/b/a Cine Royale Theater) were charged in six separate bills of information with eleven counts of obscenity in violation of La.R.S. 14:106.1 On August 21, 1978, after a trial of No. 264-403 before a jury of six persons, George P. Echols and International Theaters of New Orleans, Inc. were found guilty as charged...

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