Stanley v. Georgia
United States Supreme Court
394 U.S. 557 (1969)
Relevant factsFree
During a search of Stanley's (defendant) home under a warrant related to alleged bookmaking, officers found and seized reels of film they deemed obscene, leading to Stanley's conviction under a Georgia statute criminalizing knowing possession of obscene material; the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the conviction, and Stanley challenged the statute's constitutionality as applied to purely private, in-home possession.
IssueFree
Whether a state statute criminalizing the private possession of obscene material violates the First Amendment.