Washington- Attorneys for John Stagliano in a motion this past Friday asked U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to require jurors to watch each of the DVDS and video clips he is charged with in his obscenity indictment.
Stagliano’s attorneys, in a story reported on www.xbiz.com, claim that Stagliano’s due process and First Amendment rights would be in jeopardy if the jurors weren’t able to see the material as a whole according to the Miller v. California tenets.
Federal prosecutors, on the other hand, are seeking permission to show a portion of each video in open court and allow a presentation of oral summaries of the videos rather than show the entire body of work.
Evil Angel Productions Inc. and John Stagliano Inc. — were indicted on charges ranging from illegal possession and distribution to the sale of obscene materials and Stagliano faces up to 32 years in federal prison for distributing “Milk Nymphos, ” “Storm Squirters 2: Target Practice” and a promotional video for similar material on his website.
His case goes to trial July 7th in Washington.
