Bailey v. City of Ragland

Linnie Bailey was convicted in the Rag-land Municipal Court of one count of harassment, a violation of a municipal ordinance of the City of Ragland (“the City”) incorporating § 13A-11-8, Ala.Code 1975. Bailey appealed to the St. Clair Circuit Court for a trial de novo, where she was again convicted of harassment following a bench trial. The circuit court sentenced Bailey to 30 days in the St. Clair County jail; her sentence was suspended and she was placed on 2 years’ unsupervised probation: She was also ordered to pay- court costs.

The following evidence was presented at the bench trial:

Debora…