PEOPLE OF BELLEVILLE v. FAMILY VIDEO MOVIE CLUB, INC.

No. 5-99-0363.

744 N.E.2d 322 (2001)

The PEOPLE OF the CITY OF BELLEVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FAMILY VIDEO MOVIE CLUB, INC., d/b/a Family Video, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Roger W. Wilcox, Jr., Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Rolls, Salisbury & Cambria, L.L.P., Buffalo, NY, Roger B. Webber, Beckett & Webber, P.C., Urbana, Attorneys for Appellant.

Patrick M. Flynn, Assistant City Attorney, Belleville, Attorney for Appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, Family Video Movie Club, Inc., doing business as Family Video (defendant) was found guilty of two violations of the obscene literature ordinance of the plaintiff, The City of Belleville (City), after a Belleville police officer rented two adult videos from defendant. The jury assessed a fine of $1,000 on each count, and the trial court entered judgment...

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