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STATE EX REL. COLLINS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. 18364-SA, 6671-PR and 17962-SA.

163 Ariz. 246 (1986)

787 P.2d 1042

STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Thomas E. COLLINS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable Stephen Scott, Judge of Maricopa County Superior Court, Division 35 thereof, and Albright Investment Corporation, Merlyn Dean Albright, Hector Lara, and Steven Sutton, Respondents. STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Shih Ching LIN, Appellant. STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Thomas E. COLLINS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Rufus COULTER, Jr., Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent, John Mangan, Rose Mangan d/b/a Far East Adult Book Store; Ronald Eugene Vollmar, Sr., Carole Marie Vollmar, Ronald Eugene Vollmar, Jr.; and I.A.S., Inc., d/b/a International Adult Shop, Charles L. Clapp and Charles E. Stuart, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied September 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jessica Gifford Funkhouser and Gerald R. Grant, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for petitioners and appellee.

Richard J. Hertzberg, Phoenix, for respondents and appellant.

John Verkamp, Coconino Co. Atty., Flagstaff, Steven P. Suskin, La Paz Co. Atty., Parker, Roy A. Mendoza, Pinal Co. Atty., Florence, Charles R. Hastings, Yavapai Co. Atty., Prescott, B. Robert Dorfman, Phoenix City Prosecutor, Phoenix, Jack M. Williams, Graham Co. Atty., Safford, David S. Ellsworth, Yuma Co. Atty., Yuma, William J. Ekstrom, Jr., Mohave Co. Atty., Kingman, Joe Albo, Jr., Gila Co. Atty., Globe, Lowell D. Hamilton, Mesa City Prosecutor, Mesa, R. William Call, Tucson City Prosecutor, Tucson, Richard W. Donato, Yuma City Prosecutor, Yuma, Roberta N. Miller, Chandler City Prosecutor, Chandler, Alan K. Polley, Cochise Co. Atty., Bisbee, Jose L. Machado, Santa Cruz Co. Atty., Nogales, Vincent A. Iannone, Lake Havasu City Atty., Lake Havasu City, amici curiae of Arizona Prosecuting Attys.

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice.

We took jurisdiction of these three cases to decide an important issue involved in the prosecution of obscenity law violations. The same issue arises in all three cases, and we have for that reason consolidated the cases for the purpose of this opinion. In State ex rel. Collins v. Superior Court, No. 17962-SA, the State sought to prosecute Albright Investment Corporation for various obscenity law violations. On July 2, 1984, and prior...

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