Georgia Code
Article 2 - Offenses Against Public Order
§ 16-11-39. Disorderly Conduct

History. Code 1863, § 4271; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4306; Ga. L. 1872, p. 9, § 1; Code 1873, § 4372; Ga. L. 1875, p. 25, § 1; Code 1882, § 4372; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 83, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 396; Penal Code 1910, § 387; Ga. L. 1919, p. 103, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-6303; Ga. L. 1963, p. 455, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-2610, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 470, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 16; Ga. L. 1995, p. 574, § 3.
Cross references.
Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.
Further provisions regarding unlawful communications by telephone, § 46-5-21 .
Use of telephone to transmit obscene or lewd communications for commercial purposes, § 46-5-22 .
Law reviews.
For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).
For comment discussing the constitutional standard for judging obscenity, in light of Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S. Ct. 2607 , 37 L. Ed. 2 d 419 (1973), see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 327 (1973).
For note discussing First Amendment problems in application of this Code section with particular reference to Breaux v. State, 230 Ga. 506 , 197 S.E.2d 695 (1973), see 25 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (1974).
For article, “Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,” see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001).

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