TUROSO v. CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT

No. C79-1010.

531 F.Supp. 829 (1980)

Frank TUROSO, Petitioner, v. The CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT, et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio.

September 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Berkman, Berkman, Gordon, Kancelbaum, Levy & Murray, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner.

Bruce A. Taylor, Bertsch, Fludine, Millican & O'Malley Co., L.P.A. Cleveland, Ohio, David E. Stocker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM K. THOMAS, District Judge.

Challenging his conviction by a Cleveland Municipal Court jury for pandering obscenity (O.R.C. § 2907.32(A)(2)) and his consequent sentence, Frank Turoso petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus (28 U.S.C. § 2254). Petitioner contends that he was convicted and sentenced in violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. He says that O.R.C. § 2907.32(A) and § 2907...

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