Legal Opinion

Smith v. City of Birmingham

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 6, 1964No. 6 Div. 997PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction before a jury of breach of a city ordinance making it “unlawful for any person to stand or loiter upon any street or sidewalk of the city after having been requested by any police officer to move on.” Birmingham Code 1944, § 1142, as amended. Phifer v. City of Birmingham, 42 Ala.App. 282, 160 So.2d 898, and Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, 42 Ala.App. 296, 161 So.2d 796, show the ordinance is prima facie good.1

*469We quote from appellant’s brief:

“On appeal to the Circuit Court * * the [City Prosecutor] filed a complaint alleging that:
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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. McKelvey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. People v. GalpernNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
  3. People v. CarcelNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  4. Cloverdale Homes v. Town of CloverdaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  5. Costello v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Alfred Wright, .V the City of Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  3. Middlebrooks v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
  4. Coughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  5. Cruikshank v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965

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