Legal Opinion
Groppi v. Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 25, 1971No. 26PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
delivered .the opinion of the Court.
On. August 31, 1967, during a period of civil disturbances in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the appellant,- a Roman Catholic priest, was arrested in that city on a charge of resisting arrest. Under Wisconsin law that offense is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than *506one year, or both.1 After a senes of continuances, the appellant was brought to trial before a jury in a Milwaukee County court on February 8, 1968. The first morning of the trial was occupied with qualifying the jurors, during the…
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