...work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) whether the work, taken...serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. We do not adopt as a constitutional standard the 'utterly without redeeming social value' test...

...the work depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and" "(c) whether the work,...serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value." 5. "Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value" is not a constitutional test for obscenity." 6....

...work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way. sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law. and (c) whether the work, taken...serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value (citations omitted). The Court noted that this would allow punishment only for the sale or exposure...

...depicts or describes in a patently offensive way gexual conduct speOBSCENITY— Continued. cifically defined by applicable state law; and (c) whether the...serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. If state obscenity law is thus limited, First Amendment values are adequately protected by ultimate...

...SOO-foot Reels ol Film, 1:! Cr. L. Rep. 3197 (1973). Under the new standards, for example, one test la whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value." Miller, supra, 13 Cr. L. Rep. at 3164. This appears to be considerably narrower than the former...

...offensive sexual conduct must be defined by state law, as written or authoritatively construed), and (3) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks »serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value« 276. Previous Warren Court rulings also were changed in two other ways: First, there was no...

...work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (C) whether the work, taken...serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. The history of court decisions in the area of obscenity law and procedure (from 1879 to 1972)...

...work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law: and (c) whether the work, taken...serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value." 94-079 O - 78 - 2 -5% Thi» i« not "pi«-in-the-sky" definition. If it is, then »o too are...

...who drafted the First Amendment." Id. at 5 14. ' Id. at 485. Miller V.California, 413 US 15,27(1973). law; and (c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks...serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. In Pope v. Illinois, the Supreme Court clarified that "the first and second prongs of the Miller...

...a patently offensive way. sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (3) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, hi at 25. Only if all three elements are present may the work be deemed obscene. The proposed...