256.06 Mutilation or disrespect of state or United States flag.—No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.
..."It must of course be remembered that this court is not faced with conduct which is in any way contemptuous or disrespectful toward the American flag. Mutilating, defacing, defiling, trampling upon, or casting contempt upon the flag are acts which are made criminal by another Florida statute. See section 256.06, 12 F.S.A....
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