Sentence examples for obscene material from inspiring English sources

In Miller v California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973),the Supreme Court held that obscene material is not protected by the First Amendment and that obscenity laws can constitutionally be enforced against "hard-core" adult pornography".

He was convicted in July 1982 on one count each of possessing obscene material to disseminate and of disseminating obscene material.

Makes curb-crawling, "hit and runs" and the importation of indecent and obscene material arrestable offences.

Ohio's laws regarding minors and sexual activity are not limited to patently obscene material.

In 1947 he was convicted of sending obscene material through the mail and put in jail for nine months.

Someone set up fake Facebook pages in Filin's name and posted obscene material intended to embarrass him.

In 1916 he was found guilty of mailing obscene material, specifically a call for the abolition of private property.

Mr. Dalton was charged under Ohio's 1989 child pornography law, which bans possession of obscene material involving children.

"Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest," he wrote.

Before the decision in R. v. Butler Canada had banned obscene material for basically the same reason that the U.S. does, which is that obscenity harms public morality.

The narrow ruling did not address a broader issue: the government's continued authority to regulate "indecent but not obscene" material on television.