The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a North Georgia man’s false statements conviction based on his creation of an online murder mystery game.
The Friday afternoon decision was a loss for Andrew Scott Haley’s backers, who had argued that applying the law to convict Haley violated his free speech rights. But there were bright spots for both Haley and First Amendment advocates in the ruling: The majority of the justices found that the Georgia false statements law requires prosecutors to prove a defendant anticipated the statement would come to the attention of government officials. And the justices agreed Haley’s separate conviction of tampering with evidence had to be reversed.
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