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STATE v. FIELDEN

Nos. S06A0282, S06A0283.

629 S.E.2d 252 (2006)

280 Ga. 444

The STATE v. FIELDEN. The State v. Touchton.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor-General, for Appellant.

Robert Allen Plumb, Jr., Langdale & Vallotton, LLP, Valdosta, for Appellee.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Vonnetta Leatrice Benjamin, Asst. Atty. Gen., amici curiae.

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

While attending a Valdosta City Council meeting, appellees Fielden and Touchton stood silently as a show of support for another citizen who, after speaking during the "Citizens to be Heard" portion of the meeting, had then refused the mayor's request to step down from the podium. Appellees were thereafter arrested and charged with violating OCGA § 16-11-34(a), which provides:

A person who recklessly or knowingly commits any...

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