...written or authoritatively construed. . . . "The basic guidelines for the trier of fact must be: ... (b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently...conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law . . . ." 413 US, at 24. On the following page, the Court gives examples of such "specific" definitions....

...representation of sexual matters," ibid., the test adopted today requires that the material describe, "in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law." Miller v. California, ante, at 24. The third component of the Memoirs test is that the material must...

...standards' would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest . . . [and] describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct...specifically defined by the applicable state law." Miller v. California, supra, at 24 (emphasis supplied). Community standards are inherently in a state...

...would find that the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest, whether the work depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically described — defined — by the applicable State law, and whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks...

...community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; and (b) the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined as, (1) patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted,...

...publication of the obscene. (b) For purposes of this Article any material is obscene if : (1) The material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by subsection (c) of this section ; and (2) The average person applying contemporary statewide community...

...contemporary community standards would find the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; 2) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct; and 3) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific...

...standards', would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest ...; (b) ... the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive...specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) . . . the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."...

...taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; [and] (b) the work deMilligan, Ex parte D 189 picts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual...specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" (p. 25)....

...contemporary community standards would find the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; 2) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct; and 3) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific...