KRAHAM
v.
FLORIDA

U.S. | 1979-03-05
No. 78-762
Mr. Justice Brennan, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice Marshall would reverse the conviction.
440 U.S. 941 Supreme Court of the United States (1979) Positive Treatment
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Mr. Justice Stevens,

Mr. Justice Stevens,

concurring.

If the Court were to note probable jurisdiction, I would vote to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Justice Adkins and in my dissenting opinion in Smith v. United States, 431 U. S. 291, 311. I have not, however, voted to set the case for argument because the State Supreme Court’s judgment is consistent with this Court’s recent holdings.

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  • Stall v. State, 570 So. 2d 257 (Fla. 1990)
    …e again upheld the statute where the defendants had been charged with possession of obscene material with intent to sell. Moreover, we addressed the issue presented in the instant case in State v. Kraham, 360 So. 2d 393 (Fla.1978), appeal dismissed, 440 U.S. 941, 99 S.Ct. 1415, 59 L.Ed.2d 630 (1979). The state charged Kraham with selling obscene motion pictures. The trial court dismissed the charges, relying on Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557, 89 S.Ct. 1243, 22 L.Ed.2d 542 (1969), which held that the stat…
  • State v. Long, 544 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
    …t held that the statute making the sale of obscene materials unlawful was not so inconsistent with the right to privately possess such material as to render that statute unconstitutional. State v. Kraham, 360 So. 2d 393 (Fla.1978), appeal dismissed, 440 U.S. 941, 99 S.Ct. 1415, 59 L.Ed.2d 630 (1979). In this case, the appellees convinced the trial court that the right to privately possess obscene materials articulated in Stanley has been extended by the privacy provision of the Florida Constitution so as t…
  • Sardiello v. State, 394 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. 1981)
    …ht to appeal the court’s ruling on the motion to dismiss. We find that there is directly applicable legal precedent. We have consistently upheld the constitutionality of section 847.011. State v. Kraham, 360 So. 2d 393 (Fla.1978), appeal dismissed, 440 U.S. 941, 99 S.Ct. 1415, 59 L.Ed.2d 630 (1979); Johnson v. State, 351 So. 2d 10 (Fla.1977); Rhodes v. State, 283 So. 2d 351 (Fla.1978). The judgment is affirmed. It is so ordered. OVERTON, ENGLAND, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.…

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