The Unsolicited Brochures

A man ran a mass mailing campaign to sell adult books and films. He sent five unsolicited advertising brochures to a restaurant. The owner and his elderly mother opened the envelope. The brochures showed men and women in groups engaged in sex acts, with genitals prominently displayed. They complained to police. He was charged with knowingly distributing obscene matter and convicted by a jury. He argues the jury was wrongly told to judge the material by local community standards, and that only work utterly without redeeming social value can be obscene.