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GORNTO v. McDOUGALL

Civ. A. No. 1066.

336 F.Supp. 1372 (1972)

Annie C. GORNTO, Petitioner, v. Ellis McDOUGALL, Director of the Division of Corrections, O. T. Nichols, Solicitor of the State Court of Glynn County, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Brunswick Division.

January 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Gibert, Haas, Holland, Freeman, Levison & Gibert, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

William R. Killian, Lissner & Killian, Brunswick, Ga., for respondents.

ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

Mrs. Annie C. Gornto who operates a bookstore at Brunswick, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury in a Glynn County court of distributing obscene materials, contrary to a Georgia statute. The prosecution was based on the sale by her of a magazine entitled "Whiplash Lovers."

In applying for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court, following exhaustion of state remedies, Petitioner contends that the publication is not obscene...

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