COMMONWEALTH v. LOTTEN BOOKS, INC.


12 Mass. App. Ct. 625 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 145

COMMONWEALTH vs. LOTTEN BOOKS, INC. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina L. Quinlan for Lotten Books, Inc.

Leonard A. Lucas for Albert F. Pulli.

Peter Grabler, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney (Sharon D. Myers, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., GRANT, & BROWN, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The defendants were charged with violation of G.L.c. 272, § 29, to wit, the possession of obscene films, knowing them to be obscene, and with intent to disseminate them. The defendants were convicted following a jury waived trial in the Boston Municipal Court, their motions for required findings of not guilty having been denied. Thereafter each filed a motion for reconsideration or for a new trial, the issues being the same as those raised in their...

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