Legal Opinion
Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1972No. 70-5030PublishedCited by 1,746 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This case involves eight defendants who were convicted in a Florida municipal court of violating a Jacksonville, Florida, vagrancy ordinance. Their convictions were affirmed by the Florida Circuit Court in a consolidated appeal, and their petition for certiorari was denied by the District Court of Appeal on the authority of Johnson v. State, 202 So. 2d 852. The case is here on a petition for certiorari, which we granted. 403 U. S. 917. For reasons which will appear, we reverse.
At issue are five consolidated cases. Margaret Papa-christou, Betty Calloway, Eugene Eddie Melton, and Leonard…
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