GA 16-12-102 - GA 16-12-102

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality. - Definition of material targeted in O.C.G.A. § 16-12-102 does not involve "legislative overkill"; the definition employs a narrowly crafted adaptation of the current definition of adult obscenity announced by the United States Supreme Court in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S. Ct. 2607 , 37 L. Ed. 2 d 419 (1973). American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 941, 111 S. Ct. 2237 , 114 L. Ed. 2 d 479 (1991). O.C.G.A. § 16-12-102 covers only material unprotected to minors and is not so indeterminate that the statute unduly chills protected expression. American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990). "Obscene" work viewed "as a whole." - The O.C.G.A. § 16-12-103(a)(1) charge against the defendant...