Legal Opinion
Baines v. City of Birmingham
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1970No. 6 Div. 41PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRICE, Presiding Judge.
This appellant was convicted for a violation of Section 16-2 of the General City *269Code of the City of Birmingham, Alabama. A fine of $50.00 was imposed as punishment.
The complaint alleges that Jim Baines on to-wit: “November 23, 1968, and within the City of Birmingham at, to-wit: Woodrow Wilson Park, did disturb the peace of others by profane language, to-wit: did use the expression ‘God Damn,’ contrary to and in violation of Section 16-2 of the General City Code of Birmingham, of 1964.”
Section 16-2 of the General City Code of Birmingham reads:
“Any person who disturbs…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- George Albert Williams v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Duncan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- Dominic Peter Gagliardo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Anniskette v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Baines v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Baines v. City of BirminghamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971