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O.C.G.A. § 50-16-16 — Penalty for refusal to obey security personnel or law enforcement officer | Georgia Code
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TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 16. Public Property, 50-16-1 through 50-16-183.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

50-16-16. Penalty for refusal to obey security personnel or law enforcement officer.

Any person who refuses to obey any lawful order of any security personnel or law enforcement officer issued pursuant to Code Section 50-16-14 or 50-16-15 or any person who refuses to vacate any such property or building when requested to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 471, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.)

Cross references.

- Employment of nonuniformed investigators to protect state property, § 35-1-6.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Constitutionality.

- Ga. L. 1976, p. 476, §§ 1 and 3 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-14 and50-16-16) are not violative of due process or equal protection guarantees. State v. Boone, 243 Ga. 416, 254 S.E.2d 367, cert. denied, 444 U.S. 898, 100 S. Ct. 206, 62 L. Ed. 2d 133 (1979).

Ga. L. 1976, p. 476, §§ 1 and 3 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-14 and50-16-16) are not facially overbroad nor so vague as to violate First Amendment freedoms of assembly or speech. State v. Boone, 243 Ga. 416, 254 S.E.2d 367, cert. denied, 444 U.S. 898, 100 S. Ct. 206, 62 L. Ed. 2d 133 (1979).

O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-14 and50-16-16 do not violate First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the right to assemble peaceably and petition the government for redress of their grievances. State v. Storey, 181 Ga. App. 161, 351 S.E.2d 502 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1017, 107 S. Ct. 1895, 95 L. Ed. 2d 501 (1987).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Obstructing Justice, § 62.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Obstructing Justice or Governmental Administration, § 24 et seq.

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