Court Opinion

ID: 9426841
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:19:04.962283+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:03.414277
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Mr. Justice Brennan,
with whom Mr. Justice Stewart joins, dissenting.
Petitioner was convicted of selling allegedly obscene publications in violation of the Illinois Obscenity Statute, Ill. Rev. Stat., c. 38, § 11-20 (a)(1) (1975). The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Although I have joined my Brother Stevens’ dissent, I could also reverse the conviction on the ground I have previously relied upon, namely that this statute is “clearly overbroad and unconstitutional on its face.” 413 U. S. 913, 914 (1973) (Brennan, J., dissenting in Miller v. United States and other cases), citing Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15, 47 (1973) (Brennan, J., dissenting); see Ridens v. Illinois, 413 U. S. 912 (1973), vacating and remanding 51 Ill. 2d 410, 282 N. E. 2d 691 (1972).