Legal Opinion
People v. Stanistreet
California Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2002No. S102722PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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CHIN, J.
Penal Code1 section 148.6 makes it a misdemeanor to file an allegation of misconduct against a peace officer knowing the allegation to be false. We must decide whether that section violates constitutional free speech rights. Relying primarily on R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992) 505 U.S. 377 [112 S.Ct. 2538, 120 L.Ed.2d 305] (R.A.V.), defendants argue, and the Court of Appeal found, that section 148.6 is unconstitutional because it proscribes knowingly false accusations of misconduct against peace officers only and not against others. “By protecting only peace officers,” the Court of…
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