Case Name: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Warth, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1962-01-17
Citations: 173 Ohio St. 15
Docket Number: No. 36964
Parties: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Warth, Appellant.
Judges: Zimmerman, acting C. J., Radcliff, Taft, Matthias, Bell and Herbert, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 173
Pages: 15–16

Head Matter:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Warth, Appellant.
(No. 36964
Decided January 17, 1962.)
Mr. Arthur O. Fisher, city prosecutor, Mr. Henry W. Phillips and Mr. Edward J. Duffy, Jr., for appellee.
Messrs. Wright, Harlor, Morris, Arnold & Glander, for appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Section 2905.342, Revised Code, making it a misdemeanor to have in one's possession an obscene motion picture film, without reference to knowledge or scienter on the part of an accused, is unconstitutional. City of Cincinnati v. Marshall, 172 Ohio St., 280; Smith v. California, 361 U. S., 147.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed.
Judgment reversed.
Zimmerman, acting C. J., Radcliff, Taft, Matthias, Bell and Herbert, JJ., concur.
Zimmerman, J., sitting in the place and stead of Weygandt, C. J.
Radcliff, J., of the Fourth Appellate District, sitting by designation in the place and stead of Zimmerman, J.