Legal Opinion
Fonte v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1963PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Buenett
delivered the opinion of the Court.. The defendant was indicted and convicted for violation of the first Section of the Tennessee Vagrancy Act, sec. 39-4701, T.C.A., which provides that:
“It shall be a misdemeanor for any person having no apparent means of subsistence to neglect to apply himself to some honest calling; * * *.”
He was sentenced to ninety (90) days in the Shelby County Penal Farm, and from this conviction and sentence, he has seasonably appealed in error to this Court.
At the trial, two witnesses appeared for the State. Captain Rainey of the Memphis Police Department testified…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McClard v. ReidTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Koehn v. HooperTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Koehn v. HooperTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- State of Tenn. v. CornellisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Armstead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Schweizer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Hawkins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
- Wheeler v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
- Conboy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Wiley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
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