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Question
In Miller v. California (1973) the Supreme Court stated that the "basic guidelines" that the "trier of fact" must follow in an obscenity case include the determination of whether the work in questiona. is indecent.
b. shocks the conscience of the average adult.
c. lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
d. is utterly without redeeming social importance.
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