Gordon Lee case update

According to a confusing story from the Rome News Tribune, apparently more of the charges against comic retailer Gordon Lee have been dropped:

An indictment against Gordon Lee, the Broad Street comic book shop owner accused of giving a sexually explicit comic to a minor in October, 2004, has been dismissed after prosecutors determined the comic book was actually given to the child's younger brother.

The Floyd County District Attorney's Office will still pursue charges against Lee through a misdemeanor accusation, which does not have to go before a grand jury.

Last year Mr. Lee was charged with two felony counts of "Distribution of Material Containing Nudity or Sexual Conduct" (OCGA §16-12-81), a law prohibiting the unsolicited dissemination of any content depicting mere nudity or sexual conduct, and five misdemeanor counts of "Distribution of Harmful to Minors Material" (OCGA §16-12-103). Mr. Lee's lawyers submitted a series of motions challenging both the laws at issue and the individual charges. At a hearing last December prosecutors dismissed both felony counts and two misdemeanor counts. Last January the Judge ruled on the motions, dismissing the felonies and two misdemeanors with prejudice and reducing the number of misdemeanors left standing from three to two.

I'm sure the CBLDF will have a statement about today's events in the next day or so.