Legal Opinion
State v. Turner
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1970No. 40096PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.
Found guilty by a jury of violating the Uniform Flag Law (Laws of 1919, ch. 107, p. 259; RCW 9.86), defendant appeals the sentence of 6 months in jail and a $500 fine.
The statute then in effect declared:
No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.
Uniform Flag Law, RCW 9.86.030.
The amended information charged that the defendant, on May 12, 1967:
did willfully and unlawfully and directly and indirectly aid, abet, assist, counsel, encourage, advise and induce another to publicly…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Abrams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Frohwerk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by56 opinions
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