Pinkus

Defendant William Pinkus was found guilty by a jury of violating Penal Code, section 311.2 1 on July 14, 1966, and on October 19, 1966, in the City of Los Angeles. Pinkus appeals from the respective judgments of conviction pronounced upon the guilty verdicts entered upon two counts. The counts, respectively, are: count I of the amended complaint in CR A 7573 (trial court No. 269648) which originally set forth a total of 13 counts, and renumbered count I of the amended complaint in CR A 7574 (trial court No. 270712, originally count II thereof and renumbered count I at time of trial) which originally set forth 3 separate counts. The two cases were consolidated for trial and appeal. This appeal concerns only the two counts enumerated above on which defendant Pinkus was convicted.

Count I of CR A 7573 involves an 8mm. silent film received into evidence as Exhibit 2, marked “J.” Renumbered count I of CR A 7574 involves the 8mm. silent films received into evidence as Exhibit 13 (consisting of 113 such films). The 8mm. film marked “ J ” and two films from the 113, constituting Exhibit 13 identified as “B-6” and “B-8,” were shown to the jury with accompanying stipulation that the two…