Massachusetts Appeals Court September 23, 1983 (Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.)

1. Essential terms used in G. L. c. 272, § 31, as amended by St. 1977; c. 917, §§ 4-6 (“patently offensive,” “prurient interest,” and “contemporary standards of the Commonwealth”), are not inherently vague by reason of any increasing permissiveness which may exist in contemporary society. See Commonwealth v. United Books, Inc., 389 Mass. 888, 891-893 (1983); Commonwealth v.