Legal Opinion
State v. Frinks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 25, 1974No. 84PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRANCH, Justice.
Defendant contends that Article VII of the Wilson City Code is a nullity because it contravenes his individual rights of assembly, petition and freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and by Article I, Sec. 12 and Article I, Sec. 14 of the North Carolina Constitution and, therefore, the warrant charging him with the violation of that Article of the City Code should have been quashed.
He offers a three-pronged argument to support this contention.
His first and principal argument is that Article VII of the Wilson City Code…
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