Court Opinion

ID: 9426820
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:19:02.699051+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:03.189131
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Me. Justice Brennan,
with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Marshall join, dissenting.
The California courts, in response to our remand for reconsideration in light of Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15 (1973), reaffirmed petitioner’s 1971 conviction of selling obscene films in violation of California Penal Code § 311.2 (West 1970). I would reverse the conviction. I adhere to my view expressed in Miller that this statute is “unconstitutionally overbroad, and therefore invalid on its face.” 413 U. S., at 47 (Brennan, J., dissenting). See also Pendleton v. California, 423 U. S. *6021068 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting from dismissal of appeal); Sandquist v. California, 423 U. S. 900, 901 (1975) (Brennan, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari); Tobalina v. California, 419 U. S. 926 (1974) (Brennan, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari); Kaplan v. California, 419 U. S. 915 (1974) (Brennan, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari); Blank v. California, 419 U. S. 913 (1974) (Brennan, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari).