Legal Opinion
Herndon v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1935No. 665PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
Appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment upon conviction by a jury in a Georgia court of first instance of an attempt to incite insurrection by endeavoring to induce others to join in combined resistance to the authority of the state to be accomplished by acts of violence, in violation of § 56 of the Penal Code of Georgia.1 The supreme court of the state affirmed the judgment. 178 Ga. 832; 174 S. E. 597, rehearing denied, 179 Ga. 597; 176 S. E. 620. On this appeal, the statute is assailed as contravening the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in certain designated…
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