STATE v. ANDERSON

No. 8625SC792.

354 S.E.2d 264 (1987)

STATE of North Carolina v. Sharon Annette Hatfield ANDERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Ziko, Raleigh, for the State.

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James by Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Herbert L. Greenman and Cherie L. Peterson, Buffalo, N.Y. and James, McElroy & Diehl by Edward T. Hinson, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Judge.

At trial defendant presented two expert witnesses, Dr. Charles Winick and Dr. Joseph Scott, to assist the jury in determining "contemporary community standards" relating to publications containing the depiction or description of sexual matters. The trial court excluded from evidence the results of a public opinion poll conducted by Dr. Winick on the issue of community standards. The trial court also refused to allow Dr. Scott to give his opinion about...

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