Legal Opinion
Bowman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 8, 1989No. 45729PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
This is a criminal trespass case arising from demonstrations and picketing at an abortion clinic operated by the Feminist Women’s Health Center (FWHC) at the corner of Fourteenth and Curran Streets in the City of Atlanta. We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided the state’s burden of proof of the elements of the statute making trespass on private property a crime. Bowman v. State, 186 Ga. App. 544 (368 SE2d 143) (1988).
The statute in question, OCGA § 16-7-21 (b) (3), provides in pertinent part:
A person commits the offense of criminal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shrouder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Hateley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Hayes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Wiggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Bowman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Haygood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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