Legal Opinion
West v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 31, 2016No. S16A1369PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Justice.
This interlocutory appeal presents a facial constitutional challenge to OCGA § 20-2-1182, which criminalizes upbraiding, insulting, or abusing a public school teacher, administrator, or bus driver in the presence of a pupil while on the premises of a public school or school bus. Appellant Michael Antonio West was arrested and charged under OCGA § 20-2-1182, and he thereafter filed a general demurrer, contending, among other things, that the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment to the United…
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