Carver v. State

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Carver and several other members of the Ku Klux Klan, all wearing white robes and conical hats, conducted a demonstration in a *386black neighborhood in Gainesville, Ga. During a verbal confrontation between the demonstrators and neighborhood residents, Carver reached into his robe and said to a resident, “Get back, I’ll shoot.” Carver was convicted of making a terroristic threat. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, Carver v. State, 185 Ga. App. 436 (364 SE2d 877) (1987), and we granted Carver’s petition for certiorari. A more detailed account of the facts…