State v. Boettger

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 115,387 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. TIMOTHY C. BOETTGER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The freedom of speech referred to in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not include a freedom to disregard restrictions on certain well-defined and narrowly limited categories of speech that the government may regulate and, in some circumstances, punish. A true threat falls within one category of speech the government may punish. 2. True threats encompass those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious…