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    305.15.1 Obscenity/Pornography
    305.15.2 Outrageous Prosecution Misconduct


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    305.15.1    Obscenity/Pornography

"I Know It When I See It" -- Constitutional, Federal And State Legal Definitions of Child Pornography, Obscenity and "Harmful to Minors" of Interest to California Libraries, by Mary Minow (Oct. 2002) 
http://www.llrx.com/features/obscenitylaws.htm

The Craft of Drafting Plain-Language Jury Instructions: A Study of Sample Pattern Instructions on Obscenity, Wilcox, 59 Temple L.Q. 1159, Winter 1986.

Obscenity Test Requires Trier of Fact to Determine Whether Reasonable Person Would Find Material Lacks Serious Value and Erroneous Jury Instructions Concerning Obscenity Standard is Subject to Harmless Error Analysis [case note: Pope v. Illinois (1987) 481 U.S. 497, 502; [107 SCt 1918; 95 LEd2 495] 1922; Paulin, 18 Seton Hall L.Rev. 478, Spring 1988.


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    305.15.2    Outrageous Prosecution Misconduct

What Conduct of Federal Law Enforcement Authorities in Inducing or Co-operating in Criminal Offense Raises Due Process Defense Distinct from Entrapment, 97 ALR Fed. 273.

When Is Dismissal of Indictment Appropriate Remedy for Misconduct of Government Official, 57 ALR Fed. 824.

What You See Is What You Get: Applying The Appearance Of Impropriety Standard To Prosecutors, Flowers, 63 Missouri Law Review 699 (1998).