Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-12-80. Distributing Obscene Material; Obscene Material Defined; Penalty

History. Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 163, § 1; Code 1882, § 4537a; Penal Code 1895, § 394; Penal Code 1910, § 385; Code 1933, § 26-6301; Ga. L. 1935, p. 158, § 1; Ga. L. 1941, p. 358, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 801, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 78, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-2101, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 344, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 498, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 16; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 16.
Cross references.
Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.
Law reviews.
For comment on Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557, 89 S. Ct. 1243 , 22 L. Ed. 2 d 542 (1969) as to constitutional protection of private possession of obscene material, see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 337 (1969).
For article surveying developments in Georgia constitutional law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 51 (1981).
For article, “Sex In and Out of Intimacy,” see 59 Emory L.J. 809 (2010).
For note, “Defending Against a Charge of Obscenity in the Internet Age: How Google Searches Can Illuminate Miller’s ‘Contemporary Community Standards,’ ” see 26 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1029 (2010).

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