Legal Opinion
Whitney v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1927No. 3PublishedCited by 1,043 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
delivered the opinion of the Court.'
By a criminal information filed in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California, the plaintiff in error was charged, in five counts, with violations of the Criminal Syndicalism Act of that State. Statutes, 1919, c. 188, p. 281. She was tried, convicted on the first count, and sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the District Court of Appeal. 57 Cal. App. 449. Her petition to have the case heard by the Supreme Court1 was denied. Ib. 453. And the case was brought here on a writ of error which was allowed by the Presiding Justice of the…
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