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CHILDS v. STATE OF OREGON

Civ. No. 69-204.

300 F.Supp. 649 (1969)

Harold G. CHILDS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF OREGON and James C. Holzman, Director of Department of Public Safety of Multnomah County, Albert B. Green, Director, Department of Judicial Administration of Multnomah County, and George Van Hoomissen, District Attorney of Multnomah County, Oregon, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

June 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Meyer, Kobin & Meyer, Portland, Or., for petitioner.

George Van Hoomissen, Dist. Atty., Multnomah County, Oregon, Jacob B. Tanzer, Assistant Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, Or., for respondents.

OPINION

SOLOMON, Chief Judge:

Harold G. Childs was convicted of disseminating obscene material after he sold a Portland police officer a copy of a book called "Lesbian Roommate" at his cigar store. He was sentenced to a 90-day jail term and a $500 fine. The jail term was suspended and Childs was placed on probation for five years. He exhausted his State remedies, and seeks habeas corpus relief in this Court. State v. Childs, 447 P.2d 304...

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