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Busacca v. U.S.

U.S.
Dec 2, 1991
502 U.S. 985 (1991)

Summary

holding . . . expert witness could testify that pictures would be of sexual interest to pedophiles especially when `"contested materials are directed at . . . [such] a bizarre deviant group that the experience of the trier of fact would be plainly inadequate to judge whether the material appeals to the prurient interest."'

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Opinion

No. 91-5696.

December 2, 1991.


C.A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 936 F. 2d 232.


Summaries of

Busacca v. U.S.

U.S.
Dec 2, 1991
502 U.S. 985 (1991)

holding . . . expert witness could testify that pictures would be of sexual interest to pedophiles especially when `"contested materials are directed at . . . [such] a bizarre deviant group that the experience of the trier of fact would be plainly inadequate to judge whether the material appeals to the prurient interest."'

Summary of this case from Barber v. State

holding testimony of expert witness could testify that pictures would be of sexual interest to pedophiles especially when "'contested materials are directed at . . . [such] a bizarre deviant group that the experience of the trier of fact would be plainly inadequate to judge whether the material appeals to the prurient interest.'"

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Case details for

Busacca v. U.S.

Case Details

Full title:BUSACCA v. UNITED STATES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Dec 2, 1991

Citations

502 U.S. 985 (1991)
112 S. Ct. 595

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