georgia title 16 section 16-11-39

(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct when such person commits any of the following:
(1) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby such person is placed in reasonable fear of the safety of such personīs life, limb, or health;(2) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby the property of such person is placed in danger of being damaged or destroyed;(3) Without provocation, uses to or of another person in such other personīs presence, opprobrious or abusive words which by their very utterance tend to incite to an immediate breach of the peace, that is to say, words which as a matter of common knowledge and under ordinary circumstances will, when used to or of another person in such other personīs presence, naturally tend to provoke violent resentment, that is, words commonly called 'fighting words'; or(4) Without provocation, uses obscene and vulgar or profane language in the presence of or by telephone to a person under the age of 14 years which threatens an immediate breach of the peace.(b) Any person who commits the offense of disorderly conduct shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(c) This Code section shall not be deemed or construed to affect or limit the powers of counties or municipal corporations to adopt ordinances or resolutions prohibiting disorderly conduct within their respective limits.
so, what was the exact section of the law charged?


From what you have described, none of them apply but even more odd, a judge cannot simply find you guilty of a charge since first, the judge does not file charges to be prosecuted but even more important, if charges were filed by the prosecutor, your husband must receive the charges, plead to the charges (arraigned), and given the opportunity to assemble a defense.

What it sounds like is the charge was actually contempt of court BUT if that is the case, I would suggest contacting the ACLU. I know of a similar situation where a woman was charged with contempt after saying; f... this s... when in the court clerks office to pay a ticket. The charges were later dropped and the charging judge censured for his actions. but anyway, the ACLU jumped on that like white on rice. They may be interested in your husbands situation as well.