Com. v. Donahue
Decision Date | 29 October 1970 |
Citation | 263 N.E.2d 589,358 Mass. 803 |
Parties | COMMONWEALTH v. Bernard J. DONAHUE. |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Samuel J. Concemi, Lawrence, for defendant.
John N. Nestor, Asst. Dist. Atty., for the Commonwealth.
Before SPALDING, KIRK, SPIEGEL and QUIRICO, JJ.
Chief Justice TAURO did not participate in the deliberations or decision in this case.
Judgments reversed...
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Com. v. Horton
...rescript opinion complying with what we viewed as the requirements of the Supreme Court of the United States. See Commonwealth v. Donahue, 358 Mass. 803, 263 N.E.2d 589 (1970) ('(n)one of the pictures, however, explicitly portrayed copulation or other sexual congress'). See also Commonwealt......
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Com. v. Kaupp
...if not obscene, is constitutionally protected, see Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 24-25, 93 S.Ct. 2607 [1973]; Commonwealth v. Donahue, 358 Mass. 803, 263 N.E.2d 589 [1970]) is a basis to infer an interest in child pornography. See United States v. Falso, supra at 122 (rejecting inferen......
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Literature, Inc. v. Quinn
...as hard core pornography", Commonwealth v. Palladino, 1970 Mass.Adv.Sh. 1127, 1130-1131, 260 N.E.2d 653, 656; Commonwealth v. Donahue, 1970 Mass.Adv.Sh. 1404, 1405, 263 N.E.2d 589; it has not "specifically defined" what "other activities" may not be depicted or described. Pending further co......
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Com. v. Claflin
...Corp., 356 Mass. 715, 248 N.E.2d 497 (1969); Commonwealth v. Palladino, 358 Mass. 28, 32, 260 N.E.2d 653 (1970); Commonwealth v. Donahue, 358 Mass. 803, 263 N.E.2d 589 (1970); Commonwealth v. Bitsocos, Mass. (1972). a, 281 N.E.2d 227 Although the Roth case and its progeny have often been di......
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