Smith v. City of Picayune

DAN LEE, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Erwin J. Smith was convicted in Picayune City Court on July 7, 1993, of disorderly conduct in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-35-7(1) (1972) in that on April 2, 1993, he refused to obey the order of a police officer. Smith appealed to the Circuit Court of Pearl River County and received a trial de novo. The circuit court upheld the disorderly conduct statute against a constitutional challenge to its facial validity, and Smith was convicted and sentenced to pay a $500 fine.

¶ 2. Smith now appeals his conviction and sentence to this…