AYRE v. STATE

[No. 138, September Term, 1980.]

291 Md. 155 (1981)

433 A.2d 1150

THOMAS MARTIN AYRE AND BALTIMORE NEWS CENTER, INC. v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Seekford for appellants.

David H. Feldman, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., concurs in the result.

The two defendants prosecuting this appeal, Baltimore News Center, Inc. and its corporate officer, Thomas Martin Ayre, were convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore for distributing obscene matter in violation of this State's criminal code. Preliminarily, the State contends by its motion to dismiss this appeal that neither the record in this criminal cause nor the particular...

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