Hammond v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellant was convicted by the trial court, sitting as a jury, of using abusive language in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1412 (1964 Repl.) and violating Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2801 (1964 Repl.) by resisting arrest. Her punishment was assessed at $50 and costs and 30 . days in jail on each offense with the jail sentences suspended. Appellant first attacks the constitutionality of § 41-1412 (breach of peace statute) as being violative of the federal First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Appellant asserts that the statute is overbroad, vague, unconstitutional in its…