Opinion

State v. Christine

  • 239 La. 259
  • 118 So. 2d 403
  • 1960 La. LEXIS 927
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Feb 15, 1960
Status
Published
Author
McCALEB
On the bench
Fournet, McCaleb, Simon, Hamiter, Hamlin, Hawthorne
Cited by
22 cases
Authority
More cited than 4.7%

The opinion

McCALEB, Justice

(concurring).

I subscribe to the majority ruling. Obscenity, as applied to this case, is defined to be the intentional “Performance by any person, * * * in a public place or in a public manner, of any act of lewdness or "indecency, * * * ” or, stated in another way, a lezvd public performance. The word “lewd” has a broad meaning when used alone but, when associated with the words public performance, it connotes a lecherous, libidinous, lascivious performance, i. e., aentertainment or show tending to excite lustful thoughts. State v. Rose, 147 La. 243 , 84 So. 643 and State v. Saibold, 213 La415, 34 So.2d 909 .

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