Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 5, 1961No. 17853PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Justice.
The appellants, one hundred eighty-seven in number, were convicted in the Magistrate’s Court of the common law crime of breach of the peace. The charges arose out of certain activities in which the appellants were engaged in and about the State House grounds in the City of Columbia on March 2, 1961. The only question involved in their appeal to this Court is whether or not the evidence presented to the trial Court was sufficient to sustain their conviction. Conviction was sustained by the Richland County Court, from which this appeal comes. While the appellants have argued that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Feiner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Lyda v. CooperSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Childers v. Judson Mills Store CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- State v. LangstonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Edwards v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Barr v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. PoinsettSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1967
- The State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- Lindsey Ex Rel. Lindsey v. City of BeaufortDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1995
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