Richard L. Tallman v. United States

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• indictment for uttering obscene language by radio communication omitted scienter; indictment need not allege scienter if it is proved at trial; collateral attack
• “The trial judge did not undertake to define the terms ‘indecent’ and ‘profane,’ but he had no occasion to do so because he determined that petitioner’s utterances were properly classifiable as ‘obscene.’”
• “The trial judge did not undertake to define the terms ‘indecent’ and ‘profane,’ but he had no occasion to do so because he determined that petitioner’s utterances were properly classifiable as ‘obscene.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).