Lambert v. City of Atlanta

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the Municipal Court of the City of Atlanta for two violations of a city ordinance prohibiting loitering in a public place for the purpose of soliciting for prostitution or sodomy. On writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Fulton County, her convictions were affirmed. She appeals to this court upon constitutional grounds.

The ordinance in issue provides in relevant part: "It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in or near any thoroughfare or place open to the public in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose…