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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 264 Ga. 590
  • 449 S.E.2d 94
  • 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 3502
  • 1994 Ga. LEXIS 870

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  • stating that the stalking statute does not prohibit conduct that is protected expression under the First Amendment
  • stating that the stalking statute does not prohibit conduct that is protected expression under the First Amendment
  • holding that Georgia stalking statute was not overbroad
  • stating that the statute defines “harass” as “a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which causes emotional distress by placing such person in reasonable fear of death of bodily harm to himself or herself or to a member of his or her immediate family_”
  • stating that the statute defines \harass\ as \a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which causes emotional distress by placing such person in reasonable fear of death of bodily harm to himself or herself or to a member of his or her immediate family ....\
  • “To ‘contact’ is readily understood by people of ordinary intelligence as meaning ‘to get in touch with; communicate with.’” (quoting American Heritage Dictionary (3d ed. 1992))

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Judges: Carley

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