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497, 31 Ill.2d 459 Monologue given by defendant before adult martinluther king jr nightclub audience and dealing, at least in part, with topics of social importance did not constitute giving of obscene performance in violation of statute. S.H.A. ch. 38, § 11-20. Maurice Rosenfield and Harry Kalven, Jr., and William R. Ming, Jr., Chicago, for plaintiff in error. William G. martinluther king jr Clark, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Daniel P. Ward, State's Atty., Chicago (Fred G. Leach and martinluther king jr E. Michael O'Brien, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Elmer C. Kissane, William J. Martin, *460 and James R. Thompson, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for defendant in error. PER CURIAM. By an earlier opinion filed June 18, 1964, this court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered upon a jury verdict finding the defendant herein guilty of giving an obscene performance violative of section 11-20 of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1961, chap. 38, par. 11-20.)
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