Supreme Court of Georgia· 10/31/1994
Johnson v. State
Citations
- 264 Ga. 590
- 449 S.E.2d 94
- 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 3502
- 1994 Ga. LEXIS 870
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- v. BurgandineColorado Court of Appeals· 2020-10-08· cited 669×
- Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 294×
- People v. StuartNew York Court of Appeals· 2003-07-02· cited 188×
- Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. BentonTexas Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 152×
- State v. FieldenSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 73×
- Chan v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 73×
- Garcia v. StateTex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-12-29· cited 44×
- Culbreath v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-04-14· cited 43×
- State v. BryanSupreme Court of Kansas· 1996-01-26· cited 43×
- Luplow v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 1995-06-16· cited 34×
- Bohannon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 31×
- Hood v. CarstenSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-07· cited 26×
- State v. Old South Amusements, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 24×
- United States v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-10-31· cited 24×
- State v. CohenSupreme Court of Georgia· 2017-11-02· cited 23×
- Fly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-14· cited 14×
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-08-30· cited 11×
- Briggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-29· cited 10×
- Bruno v. Light.Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-28· cited 10×
- Kinney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-17· cited 9×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 66×
- Monroe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 26×
- Constantino v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-02· cited 21×
- Izzo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1987-05-27· cited 15×
- Lemon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-11· cited 8×
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