COMMONWEALTH v. DANE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES


19 Mass. App. Ct. 573 (1985)

476 N.E.2d 250

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, INC.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Carl Bromberg for the defendant.

Paul J. McCallum, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., KASS, & FINE, JJ.


FINE, J.

After viewing a full length motion picture entitled "Sorority Sweethearts" at a cinema in Chelsea operated by the defendant, two Chelsea police officers, considering the film to be obscene, obtained and executed a search warrant. The officers seized the film and other materials (timetables of the film's showing, ticket stubs, etc.) from the cinema. A six-person jury in the Boston Municipal Court convicted the defendant under G.L.c. 272, § 29, as appearing...

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