O.C.G.A. § 50-16-16 (2019)
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.
History
Ga. L. 1976, p. 471, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.
Annotations
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 and 50-16-16) 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 and 50-16-16) 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 and 50-16-16 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.