Bullock v. City of Dallas

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant was convicted in the Recorder’s Court for the City of Dallas, Georgia, of the offense of loitering, in violation of city ordinance § 5-112 (a): “No person shall remain or loiter upon any premises to which the public has access, including but not limited to such places as business and shopping area parking lots, where the person’s presence upon such premises is unrelated to the normal activity, use or business for which such premises are made available to the public.”

The evidence, briefly, was that the appellant, after getting gasoline for her car at a filling…