Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Wood v. State of Georgia

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 23, 1961No. 38574Published

1Concurrence

Townsend, Presiding Judge.

(Specially concurring as to count 1.) First, it should be stated that I concur in the judgment of conviction of the defendant as to count 1, on the *325ground that the contents of the newspaper article were both contumacious and sufficient to amount to an obstruction of the administration of justice. It must appear from the record to be both of these things. Clark v. State of Ga., 90 Ga. App. 330 (2) (83 S. E. 2d 45). It was definitely contumacious in that it accused the judges of “threatening political persecution under the guise of law enforcement,” of "a crude attempt…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cook v. SikesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  2. Atlanta Newspapers v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  3. McGill v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  4. Townsend v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  5. Clark v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

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