Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
Alabama Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
*72CATES, Judge.
This appeal was submitted February 27, 1964, and was originally assigned to JOHNSON, J.
Shuttlesworth was convicted by a jury in a circuit court trial de novo. The City charged him with a breach of its ordinance against parading without a permit. § 1159, General City Code of 1944.1
Pursuant to verdict, the trial judge adjudicated him guilty, fined him $75.00 and costs, and also sentenced him to ninety days hard labor for the City.
There are three questions for decision: (1) whether § 1159, supra, denies, on its face, due process of law; (2) whether or not the ordinance as applied…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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3Cited by14 opinions
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