Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 23, 1986No. 05-85-00318-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Justice.
Gregory Lee Johnson appeals from a jury trial conviction for desecration of a venerated object. During the Republican National Convention, Johnson set fire to a United States flag in front of Dallas City Hall, during the course of an anti-Reagan rally. The jury assessed punishment at one year’s confinement in county jail and a $2,000.00 fine.
In fourteen grounds of error, Johnson contends that: (1-8) Section 42.09 of the Texas Penal Code violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Article I, Sec. 8 of the Texas Constitution, and Article 1.16 of the Texas Code…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Spence v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1998
- Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Jimmy Lee Pinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2004
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