US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 41
                           INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY
    18-4108.  SPECIAL VERDICT. The jury, or the court if a jury trial is
waived, shall render a general verdict, and must also render a special verdict
as to whether the matter named in the charge is obscene. The special verdict
or findings on the issue of obscenity may be: "We find the .... (title or
description of matter or live conduct) to be obscene," or "We find the ....
(title or description of matter or live conduct) not to be obscene." A special
verdict shall not be admissible as evidence in any other proceeding, nor shall
it be res judicata of any question in any other proceeding.