Legal Opinion
People v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 1, 1973No. 25279PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
The defendant, David Patten Vaughan, was arrested on a public street in Boulder wearing a pair of blue jeans on the seat of which a portion of the American flag had been sewn. In an information filed by the district attorney, it was charged that the defendant,
“did unlawfully by his acts mutilate, deface and defile a flag of the United States of America with intent to cast contempt thereupon;”
contrary to 1969 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-23-3(1 ).
In a trial to the court, the court found that the defendant was not making any speeches, and, in fact, no words were spoken by the defendant which…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by20 opinions
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