State v. Protopapas

In a trial to the jury the defendant was convicted of breach of the peace. The defendant made numerous telephone calls to the complainant, his brother, his secretary and business associates. Her language was abusive and indecent, and also included threats of violence and personal harm to her listeners and their families, with intent to frighten them.

The defendant's sole assignment of error is that the court erred in charging the jury by failing to define "peace," as used in the statute, as "public peace," and "breach of the peace" as "breach of the public peace." The defendant duly excepted…