Hooks v. State

660 N.E.2d 1076 (1996)

Stephan HOOKS, Appellant-Defendant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

No. 49A04-9502-CR-57.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

January 31, 1996.

Transfer Denied March 21, 1996.

William F. Thoms, Jr., Indianapolis, for Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Attorney General, Jodi Kathryn Rowe, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

OPINION

BARTEAU, Judge.

A jury convicted Stephan Hooks of disorderly conduct. Hooks argues on appeal that his conviction must be reversed because it constitutes unconstitutional punishment of protected speech.

FACTS

As a police officer approached several…