Title: R.A.V. v. St. Paul __U.S.__, 112 S. Ct. 2538, 120 L. Ed. 2d 305 (1992)
Fact: A cross, assembled with broken chair legs and tape, was affixed in the yard of a black family and then set on fire. The defendant was a juvenile who lived across the street, and had carried this out with some friends in the predawn hours of June 21, 1990. The city of St. Paul decided to prosecute under the “St. Paul