Tuesday, May 19, 2015
ohio actually has a statute against yelling fire in a crowded theater. it's better written than most such, although section c strikes me as too vague.
The police had also initially suggested that Northrup was guilty of the Ohio crime of “causing panic,” but the court pointed out this wasn’t so (at least under Northrup’s version of the facts). Indeed, the Ohio “causing panic” statute provides,
http://feeds.feedburner.com/volokh/mainfeedNo person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:(1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;(2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence;(3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
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