No. 24-144
Thomas Charles Felton Jones v. South Carolina
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-challenge first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement overbreadth-doctrine verbal-resistance
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a county ordinance that criminalizes verbal acts of resistance against law enforcement is facially invalid under the First Amendment due to overbreadth
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a county ordinance that criminalizes any verbal act that resists, hinders, impedes, or interferes with a law enforcement officer is facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the First Amendment? i
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-09
Waiver of right of respondent State of South Carolina to respond filed.
2024-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2024)
Attorneys
State of South Carolina
Mark Reynolds Farthing — S.C. Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Charles Felton Jones
Andre Ta Nguyen — 13th Circuit Public Defender, Petitioner
Michael George Martinez — Thirteenth Circuit Public Defender, Petitioner