PEOPLE v. SEQUOIA BOOKS, INC.

Nos. 2-86-0563, 2-86-0577 cons.

160 Ill. App.3d 315 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 468

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied October 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, P.C., of Champaign (Michael J. Zopf, of counsel), for appellant.

Dallas C. Ingemunson, State's Attorney, of Yorkville (William L. Browers and Marshall M. Stevens, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following separate jury trials, defendant, Sequoia Books, Inc., was found guilty of obscenity in two cases. Defendant was fined $1,000 plus costs and $924 plus costs, respectively. Defendant appeals from both convictions.

On August 9, 1985, Judge John L. Peterson issued a search warrant for the Denmark Bookstore in Aurora, Illinois, which was owned and operated by the defendant...

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