(NOTE: This learning module is divided into two parts: PART I is a general introduction to cases and digests that walks you through a generic research problem. PART II is an exercise relating to your section's Legal Writing assignment. Do PART II independently. Turn in your answers to PART II to your Legal Writing professor.)PART I
A. RESEARCH PROBLEM
You are a student research intern working for the deputy county prosecutor. You have just received the following request from your employer:
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To: Research Intern From: Deputy County Prosecutor Date: Re: Obscenity question This is my first prosecution of an adult entertainment establishment on obscenity charges, and all I remember about obscenity is Miller v. California, which was decided in the early seventies. Has the U.S. Supreme Court revisited the community standards test for determining whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value since Miller? Get me any relevant cases ASAP. |