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2018 Georgia Code 16-11-31 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-11-31 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-11-31

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 11. Offenses Against Public Order and Safety, 16-11-1 through 16-11-224.

ARTICLE 2 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

16-11-31. Inciting to riot.

  1. A person who with intent to riot does an act or engages in conduct which urges, counsels, or advises others to riot, at a time and place and under circumstances which produce a clear and present danger of a riot, commits the offense of inciting to riot.
  2. Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1933, § 26-2602, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 20.)

Cross references.

- Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Section not unconstitutionally vague or broad.

- O.C.G.A. § 16-11-31 is neither unconstitutionally vague in that the statute provides overall fair warning to persons of ordinary intelligence as to what conduct is prohibited so that persons may act accordingly, nor is the statute overbroad in that the statute proscribes only certain intentional behavior which produces a clear and present danger of achieving riotous results. Land v. State, 262 Ga. 898, 426 S.E.2d 370, cert. denied, 509 U.S. 909, 113 S. Ct. 3008, 125 L. Ed. 2d 699 (1993); Mastroianni v. Deering, 835 F. Supp. 1577 (S.D. Ga. 1993).

Cited in McElroy v. Williams Bros. Motors, 104 Ga. App. 435, 121 S.E.2d 917 (1961); Sutton v. State, 158 Ga. App. 856, 282 S.E.2d 410 (1981); Powell v. State, 218 Ga. App. 556, 462 S.E.2d 447 (1995).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Mobs and Riots, § 20.

C.J.S.

- 77 C.J.S., Riot; Insurrection, §§ 4 et seq., 11, 37 et seq.

ALR.

- Participation of student in demonstration on or near campus as warranting imposition of criminal liability for breach of peace, disorderly conduct, trespass, unlawful assembly, or similar offense, 32 A.L.R.3d 551.

Sufficiency of evidence to establish criminal participation by individual involved in gang fight or assault, 24 A.L.R.4th 243.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 16-11-31 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 3

Alexander Properties Group, Inc. v. Doe

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2006-02-13

Citation: 626 S.E.2d 497, 280 Ga. 306, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 438, 2006 Ga. LEXIS 116

Snippet: or physiological dependence liability"); OCGA § 16-11-31 ("conduct which urges... others to riot at a time

Land v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1993-02-25

Citation: 426 S.E.2d 370, 262 Ga. 898, 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 766, 1993 Ga. LEXIS 257

Snippet: Appellant was convicted of inciting to riot (OCGA § 16-11-31 (a)), and now challenges that conviction and the

State v. Miller

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1990-12-05

Citation: 398 S.E.2d 547, 260 Ga. 669

Snippet: protective statutes follow: OCGA §§ 16-11-30, Riot; 16-11-31, Inciting to riot; 16-11-33, Unlawful assembly;