Fallin v. City of Huntsville

Carl E. Fallin was convicted in the municipal court of the City of Huntsville ("the City") of third-degree harassment, a violation of §13A-11-8(a)(1)(b), Ala. Code 1975, as adopted for enforcement by the City of Huntsville, Ordinance § 18-1 of the Huntsville Code of Ordinances 1982. Fallin appealed that conviction to the Circuit Court of Madison County. Following a trial de novo, Fallin was again convicted of harassment in the third degree, and he was sentenced to three months in the Huntsville city jail. That sentence was suspended for one year: Fallin was ordered to complete 240 hours of…