Legal Opinion
State v. Petersilie
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 30, 1993No. 43PA92Published
1Opinion of the Court
432 S.E.2d 832 (1993)
334 N.C. 169
STATE of North Carolina
v.
Frank W. PETERSILIE.
No. 43PA92.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
July 30, 1993.
Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.
Chester E. Whittle, Jr., Boone, for defendant-appellee.
EXUM, Chief Justice.
The substantive issue before us is whether N.C.G.S. § 163-274(7), prohibiting anonymous, derogatory charges against candidates for primary or general elections, violates the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution or Article I, § 14 of the North…
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