Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1965No. 7 Div. 720PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
This is an appeal from a so-called “kneel-in.”
The judgment below must be reversed on a technical lack of proof of authority in the minister to order the visitors from the church.
The complaint (see Code 1940, T. 14, § 426; T. 15, § 259, Form No. 109) reads:
“Comes the State of Alabama by its Solicitor and complains of Gerald Johnson that said County and within twelve months before the commencement of this prosecution, said Gerald Johnson, on to-wit: the 22nd day of April, 1962, having- entered into the First Wesleyan Methodist Church of Talladega, Alabama, Inc., or on the premises…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hamm v. City of Rock HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- City Delivery Co. v. HenrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Hundley v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Central Iron & Coal Co. v. WrightAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rupert v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1969
- Klemmer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Montgomery v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
- Duncombe v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
- Duncombe v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
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