Legal Opinion
Land v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 1993No. S92A1307PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of inciting to riot (OCGA § 16-11-31 (a)), and now challenges that conviction and the constitutionality of the statute.
The State presented evidence that appellant, dressed in the ceremonial garb and pointed hood of a knight of the Ku Klux Klan, stood in the middle of a public street in front of an apartment building housing Hispanic residents, pointing his finger at the Hispanics gathered there. Hall County law enforcement officers responding to a “fight in progress” call saw appellant’s lips moving while he was ges ticulating at the Hispanics, but no…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brandenburg v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. BoyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
- Randolph v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Tuttle v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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