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The Miami News
August 11, 1970
By: Ian Glass
DOORS, MORRISON IN COURT AS JURY SELECTION BEGINS
The criminal court jury due to be picked today to hear the indecency trial of Jim Morrison, who calls himself “The King Of Orgasmic Rock” may get to see some adult movies free of charge.
Before the trial started, the twenty-five year old singer’s California lawyer, Max Fink, said he would seek permission of Judge Murray Goodman to show a half dozen movies, including I Am Curious, Yellow to illustrate “what present community standards are. I’m not even going to call on the X-Rated movies.
Fink, who is sixty-two, said, “We have to accept the generation gap. People like Morrison’s group, The Doors, are protesting the problems created by their forebears.” Fink said he would base his defense on Morrison’s right to freedom of expression.
Fink said he will ask of the jury members only that they are well read and aware of the new, different social order. He pointed out the irony of the trial being held here – “considering Miami Beach is one of the most immoral cities in the U.S.”
Fink said he expected the trial to last six to ten weeks and said he can still call up to a hundred witnesses.
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August 11, 1970
By: Ian Glass
DOORS, MORRISON IN COURT AS JURY SELECTION BEGINS
The criminal court jury due to be picked today to hear the indecency trial of Jim Morrison, who calls himself “The King Of Orgasmic Rock” may get to see some adult movies free of charge.
Before the trial started, the twenty-five year old singer’s California lawyer, Max Fink, said he would seek permission of Judge Murray Goodman to show a half dozen movies, including I Am Curious, Yellow to illustrate “what present community standards are. I’m not even going to call on the X-Rated movies.
Fink, who is sixty-two, said, “We have to accept the generation gap. People like Morrison’s group, The Doors, are protesting the problems created by their forebears.” Fink said he would base his defense on Morrison’s right to freedom of expression.
Fink said he will ask of the jury members only that they are well read and aware of the new, different social order. He pointed out the irony of the trial being held here – “considering Miami Beach is one of the most immoral cities in the U.S.”
Fink said he expected the trial to last six to ten weeks and said he can still call up to a hundred witnesses.
END.