Legal Opinion
State v. Royal
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 31, 1973No. 6323. No. 6382PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, J.
These two cases, which were consolidated on appeal, involve the constitutionality of RSA 573:4 which prohibits the mutilation of the flag.
Defendant Royal was found guilty by the superior court of the charge of “mutilation of the United States Flag” for wearing as a patch over a hole in the sleeve of his jacket the American flag sewn upside down with another patch sewn partially over it. He moved to dismiss for failure of the complaint to state clearly the nature of the charge. Upon denial of this motion, he moved to dismiss on the grounds of unconstitutionality of the statute due to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Diane Monroe v. State Court of Fulton County, James Webb, Solicitor of Fulton County, and Michael Bowers, Attorney General of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Clark v. City of MobileCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- State v. ArbeitmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1973
- Walter C. Royal v. Superior Court of New Hampshire, Rockinghan CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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