STATE v. MEADOWS

No. 86-233.

28 Ohio St. 3d 43 (1986)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MEADOWS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Castellini, city solicitor, Paul J. Gorman, city prosecutor, and Charles F. Dorfman, for appellant.

Ferd H. Kleinhaus, Jr., county public defender, for appellee.


CELEBREZZE, C.J.

The precise question of law posed by appellant's sole proposition of law is whether the General Assembly's criminalization of mere private possession of materials which show minors participating or engaging in sexual activity, masturbation, or bestiality violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as made applicable to the states by reason of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the nation's highest court has not entertained this...

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