Hoover v. State

Carley, Judge.

After their arrest at a protest against abortion, appellants were tried before a jury and found guilty of obstruction of a public passage in violation of OCGA § 16-11-43 and unlawful assembly in violation of OCGA § 16-11-33 (1). The trial court held that there was a merger of the latter crime into the former crime, and a judgment of conviction and sentence only for obstruction of public passage was accordingly entered against each appellant. Appellants filed separate notices of appeal, but they assert identical enumerations of error. The two appeals are hereby consolidated for…