RUSTON, La. – A Lincoln Parish jury Wednesday found Dan Sasha Birman, 23, guilty of obscenity for the sale of pornographic materials at his Lincoln Parish video and adult novelty store.
Defense lawyer John Herbison said an appeal would be filed on Birman’s behalf.

The verdict ended a two-day trial. Sentencing was set for Nov. 12. Birman could be sentenced to up to three years in jail with a maximum fine of $2,500.

In thanking the six-member jury, 3rd District Attorney Bob Levy said the jury had “set the community standard where we believed it should have been all along – that this community does not accept hard-core graphic pornography in the type sold by the defendant.”

At issue was the sales of two movies, “Hustler Barely Legal, Vol. 16” and “Ladies Club.” State troopers working under cover bought the videos earlier this year at Birman’s store, which is housed in a pink cinderblock building on a service road along U.S. 20, just outside the Ruston city limits. The store opened in February 2003.