Legal Opinion
Briggs v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 29, 2006No. S06A1146Published
1Opinion of the Court
638 S.E.2d 292 (2006)
BRIGGS
v.
The STATE.
No. S06A1146.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
November 29, 2006.
John Walter Donnelly, Athens, for Appellant.
Kenneth W. Mauldin, C. Rebecca Smith, Athens, for Appellee.
THOMPSON, Justice.
We granted an interlocutory appeal in this case to determine whether OCGA § 16-8-60(b), which criminalizes the possession and distribution of sounds or images without a label bearing the name and address of the transferor or the sounds or images, is either (1) unconstitutionally vague or overbroad, or (2) preempted by federal copyright law. The short answer to these questions is…
Also in this document: Concurrence · Hunstein; Concurrence · Carley; Dissent.
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McIntyre v. Ohio Elections CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Talley v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Clark v. WadeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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