STATE v. SOUTHLAND NEWS CO., INC.


587 S.W.2d 103 (1979)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. SOUTHLAND NEWS CO., INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

On Petition to Rehear July 5, 1979.

Permission to Appeal Denied August 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Shriver, Dist. Atty. Gen., Richard P. McCully, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.

Larry D. Woods and James N. Bryan, Jr., Nashville, for appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court August 27, 1979.

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State seeking to reverse a judgment of the trial court dismissing four indictments charging the appellees with selling obscene material in violation of T.C.A. § 39-3013 (Chapter 510, Section 3, 1974 Public Acts of Tennessee). The trial judge sustained the appellee's motion to dismiss on the ground that "the District Attorney General has...

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