The guy pleaded that he his head was right and he didn’t mean to scare the person he streaked…..
This case seems to mirror a court ruling on on-line stalking…..
Kagan wrote that states must prove the speaker’s recklessness for the threat to not be protected, a middle ground between the two parties’ proposals.
Kagan’s decision was joined by conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor and conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch agreed with tossing the man’s conviction but they split with the majority in its ruling about true threats more broadly.
Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett dissented, with each writing a dissenting opinion. Thomas also joined Barrett’s dissenting opinion.
Billy Counterman, whom a jury found guilty of stalking after he sent more than 1,000 online messages to musician Coles Whalen, appealed to the justices, arguing he was diagnosed with a mental illness and did not personally intend for the statements to cause fear….