Legal Opinion
Coggin v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided October 9, 2003No. 03-02-00690-CRPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.
Robert Lee Coggin appeals his conviction for the offense of disorderly conduct. A jury found that he intentionally or knowingly made an offensive gesture by raising his middle finger in a public place, which tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 42.01(a)(2) (West 2003). In his first three points of error, appellant contends that his conviction should be overturned because the statute is unconstitutional: facially unconstitutional by impermissibly restricting protected free speech, void for vagueness and overbreadth, and…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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3Cited by40 opinions
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