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STATE v. DAVIDSON

No. CX-90-1304.

481 N.W.2d 51 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Willard LeRoy DAVIDSON, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Jocelyn F. Olson, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul and Julius E. Gernes, Winona Co. Atty., Ann E. Merchlewitz, Asst. Co. Atty., Winona, for petitioner/appellant.

John Stuart, State Public Defender, Cathryn Middlebrook, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Randall D.B. Tigue, Deborah Moore Gilman, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, Minneapolis, amicus curiae for MN Civil Liberties Union.

Paul D. Baertschi, Minneapolis, and Robert W. Peters, Morality in Media, Inc., New York City, amicus curiae for Morality in Medica, Inc.

Alan E. Searns, Len L. Munsil, Phoenix, Ariz., and Thomas W. Prichard, St. Paul, amicus curiae for Nat. Family Legal Foundation and The Berean League.

Marjorie Heins, ACLU Art Censorship Project, New York City, amicus curiae for ACLU Art Censorship Project.

Heard and decided by the court en banc.

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice

In this appeal, the State asks us to overturn a split decision of the court of appeals holding that the state's obscenity statute, Minn.Stat. § 617.241, is void for vagueness under art. I, § 7 of the Minnesota Constitution, thereby invalidating respondent's conviction for distributing obscene materials. Respondent cross appeals on the grounds that (1) the statute violates the free speech/press clause of Minn. Const. art I, § 3...

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