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UNITED STATES v. TORCH

No. 77-2299.

609 F.2d 1088 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard TORCH, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton W. Sandler, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

James S. Arnold, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, W.Va. (Robert B. King, U.S. Atty., Charleston, W.Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER, HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Richard A. Torch appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1465 for transporting obscene materials in interstate commerce for the purpose of sale. Torch was convicted on five counts, one for each of five films found by a jury to be obscene. On appeal he assigns Fourth Amendment and other errors. We affirm.

Torch was employed as a salesman by Majestic News Company. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Majestic was...

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