Indication of Commercial Exploitation of Matter for Prurient Appeal May Be Considered in Determining Whether Matter Appeals to Prurient Interest, Etc.

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Section 13A-12-195

Indication of commercial exploitation of matter for prurient appeal may be considered in determining whether matter appeals to prurient interest, etc.

Where the circumstances of the dissemination or public display of matter indicates that it is being commercially exploited by the defendant for its prurient appeal, such evidence may be considered in determining whether the matter appeals to the prurient interest, is patently offensive, or lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

(Acts 1978, No. 592, p. 705, §6; Code 1975, §13-7-235; Acts 1984, No. 84-285, p. 492, §6.)


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