PEOPLE v. NEW HORIZONS, INC.

Nos. 28038, 28096, 28136, 28200, 28413 and 79SA322.

616 P.2d 106 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW HORIZONS, INC., a Colorado Corporation, d/b/a The News Stand, Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johann SKINNER, Darryl I. Deighton, Wayne Fair, Jesse Jay Weaver and Richard Browning, Defendants-Appellants. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RENEGADE ROYALE, LTD., a Colorado Corporation, James Allen Hildebrandt and Suzanne M. Hildebrandt, Defendants-Appellees. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BRY-LYN CORP., a Colorado Corporation, d/b/a Adult Gift Shoppe, Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLATEAU MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT CO., INC., a Colorado Corporation, doing business as Kitty's Pleasure Palace, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. G. N. A. INCORPORATED, Kristy Nease, William Robert McCall and Wayne Hickerson, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander M. Hunter, Dist. Atty., Kevin M. Shea, Deputy Dist. Atty., Boulder, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 28038.

Arthur M. Schwartz, P. C., Denver, for defendants-appellants in Nos. 28038, 28096, 28200 and 79SA322.

Bruce Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, for Charles H. Keating, Jr., amicus curiae.

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., Lance M. Sears, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 28096.

Charles H. Keating, Cleveland, Ohio, amicus curiae in No. 28096.

J. E. Losavio, Dist. Atty., Warren T. Marshall, Amy S. Isaminger, Deputy Dist. Attys., Pueblo, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 28136.

Nicholas J. Bourg, Lloyd C. Kordick, Colorado Springs, for defendants-appellees in No. 28136.

Lance M. Sears, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 28200.

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 28413.

Arthur M. Schwartz, P. C., Neil Ayervais, Denver, for defendant-appellant in No. 28413.

Robert N. Miller, Dist. Atty., Stanley C. Peek, Asst. Dist. Atty., Greeley, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 79SA322.


ERICKSON, Justice.

In these appeals, which have been consolidated for the purposes of this opinion, we are called upon to determine the constitutionality of the Colorado Obscenity Statute, section 18-7-101, C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl.Vol. 8), et seq. The defendants in People v. Skinner, People v. Royale and People v. G.N.A., Inc., were charged with promoting obscene material, pursuant to section 18-7-103, C.R.S. 1973, and conspiracy to promote...

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