SARNIE v. STATE

37178.

247 Ga. 414 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 589

SARNIE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Karp, for appellant.

William B. Morgan, Assistant Solicitor, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

The Solicitor of the State Court of DeKalb County filed an accusation against Francis Arthur Sarnie, Jr., the appellant, which charged that "without provocation, [the appellant did] unlawfully use, to and of one E. L. Victoria Sweeney and in her presence, the following opprobrious words or abusive language, to wit: `I hear that you sleep with the faculty. Whore.', said words used were fighting words."

At trial, the trial judge held that...

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