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PEOPLE v. SEQUOIA BOOKS, INC.

No. 2-85-0739.

146 Ill. App.3d 1 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 740

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEQUOIA BOOKS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, P.C., of Champaign, for appellant.

Dallas C. Ingemunson, State's Attorney, of Yorkville (Kenneth R. Boyle, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, and William L. Browers and Marshall Stevens, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial defendant, Sequoia Books, Inc., was convicted of obscenity (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 11-20) for the sale of three magazines to an undercover police officer and fined $910. Defendant appeals, contending (1) the court erred in refusing to admit municipal ordinances relating to adult materials into evidence; (2) defendant was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable...

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