• 2009 - Disseminating Obscene Material
  • K-20.00
    • Lewdness And Obscenity
    • Obscenity
    • Public Crimes
    • Public Crimes

  • A person who willfully disseminates obscene material knowing that the material is obscene, or who produces, transports, or sends obscene material with intent that it be disseminated, is guilty of Disseminating Obscene Material.

     

    ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE

     

    The State’s burden of proof is satisfied if the evidence shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following essential elements: (

     

    1) On or about [month] [day] [year], in [County], North Dakota, the Defendant, _______________;

     

    2) Knowing that the material, namely ___________, is obscene; 3) Willfully [disseminated the obscene material] [or] [[produced] [transported] [sent] the obscene material with the intent that it be disseminated].

     

    DEFINITIONS [Insert relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-02-02, 12.1-27.1-01]

     

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    • 12.1-27.1-01
    • 12.1-27.1-01(1)
    • Muchow v. Lindblad, 435 NW2d 918 (ND 1989)
    • Sec. Nat'l. Bank, Edgeley v. Wald, 536 NW2d 924 (ND 1995)
    • Swenson v. N. Crop Ins., Inc., 498 NW2d 174 (ND 1993)
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