SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA VACATES CONVICTION OF MAN CONVICTED OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR GIVING HIS EX-WIFE THE MIDDLE FINGER

Attorney Noel’s client was convicted of disorderly conduct for giving his ex-wife the middle finger.  On appeal, Attorney Noel argued that her client’s conduct was speech protected by the First Amendment and, therefore, the evidence was insufficient to support her client’s conviction under Pennsylvania’s disorderly conduct statute.  The Superior Court agreed and reversed her client’s conviction.