Edelman v. California

344 U.S. 357 (1953)

EDELMAN

v.

CALIFORNIA.

No. 85.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued November 19, 1952.

Decided January 12, 1953.

CERTIORARI TO THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

Emanuel Redfield argued the cause for petitioner. A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand filed a brief for petitioner.

Philip E. Grey argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ray L. Chesebro and Bourke Jones.

Petitioner stands convicted under § 647 (5) of the Penal Code of California, which provides in relevant part that "Every . . . dissolute person . . . [i]s a vagrant,…