Wood v. Georgia, 370 U.S. 375 (1962), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that strongly-worded criticism of an ongoing grand jury investigation does not constitute a clear and present danger.

During an election campaign, a Superior Court judge in Bibb County, Georgia announced to the news media that a grand jury assembled to investigate alleged bloc voting by black residents.

Shortly after, Woods was convicted of contempt on the basis that his statements constituted a "clear, present and imminent danger" to the enforcement of the law.

[1] In a 5-2 decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the Court's opinion that Woods' arrest clearly violated the First Amendment.

The Court argued that justice was not obstructed because the investigation focused on a general issue without specific indictments, and that his criticism was not entirely unsubstantiated.