Chambers v. City of Opelika

The appellant, Antonio Chambers, was found guilty on December 11, 1995, of menacing and criminal trespass in the third degree in Opelika Municipal Court. He appealed for a trial de novo in the Lee Circuit Court, where a jury found him guilty of the same offenses. He was sentenced to serve 6 months (180 days) in the city jail, and to pay a fine of $500 on the menacing count; on the criminal trespassing count, he was sentenced to 30 days in the city jail and was fined $200. The sentences were to run consecutively. The appellant raises two issues on appeal from his trial in circuit court.

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