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STATE v. BERBERIAN

No. 80-76-C.A.

427 A.2d 1298 (1981)

STATE v. Misak S. BERBERIAN and Sarkis Berberian.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Attorney General.

Stephen Lichatin III, Special Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Appellate Division For Plaintiff.

Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Milton Stanzler, Lynette Labinger, Providence For Defendants.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

The defendants, Misak and Sarkis Berberian, both were indicted for violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-31-1, as amended by P.L. 1979, ch. 406, § 1. Section 11-31-1 provides in part:

"Every person who willfully or knowingly promotes for the purpose of commercial gain within the community any show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material which is obscene shall...

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