Case ID: so2d_224/html/0285-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Florida ex rel. William A. HALLOWES, III, as State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Appellant, v. Roy REEVES, trading and doing business as Roy’s Five Points News Center, and a Quantity of Books, Appellee. STATE of Florida ex rel. William A. HALLOWES, III, as State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Appellant, v. Jacob M. RACHLEFF, trading and doing business as Jake’s News Stand, and a Quantity of Books, Appellee. STATE of Florida ex rel. William A. HALLOWES, III, as State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Appellant, v. Nick KOUROUPIS, trading and doing business as Nick’s Newsstand, and a Quantity of Books, Appellee.
    Nos. 37731-37733.
    Supreme Court of Florida.
    July 2, 1969.
    Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., William A. Hallowes, III, State’s Atty. and Edward M. Booth, Asst. State’s Atty., for appellant.
    Walter C. Shea, Jacksonville, for appel-lees.
   PER CURIAM.

The foregoing three cases consolidated here are direct appeals from decisions of the trial Court holding unconstitutional Section 847.011,. Florida Statutes, F.S.A., generally known as the Florida Obscene Literature Law. All questions presented here were decided by this Court adversely to the appellees in the cases of State v. Reese, 222 So.2d 732, filed May 7, 1969.

Accordingly the judgments m the cases sub judice are reversed and remanded on the authority of the above cited cases, and for further proceedings not inconsistent with same.

It is so ordered.

ROBERTS, Acting C. J., and DREW, CARLTON, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.