State v. Flowers

Defendant was convicted of stalking. The conviction was based, in part, on Defendant’s act of posting disparaging signs about the victim on the victim’s private property and on the property of the victim's employer, the Maury County Board of Education. Defendant appealed, arguing that her conviction violated her First Amendment right to free speech. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the evidence presented by the State was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain Defendant’s conviction for the criminal offense of stalking. This holding necessarily pretermitted discussion of whether Defendant’s right to free speech was violated. View "State v. Flowers" on Justia Law