Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 7, 2002No. Record 011728PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
The narrow issue that we consider in this appeal is whether a redevelopment and housing authority’s trespass policy is overly broad and thereby violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
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Kevin Lamont Hicks was charged with trespass in violation of Code § 18.2-119 and three violations of the conditions of suspended *51sentences imposed upon him for prior trespass convictions. He was tried and convicted in the City of Richmond General District Court.
Hicks appealed the convictions to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, and he filed a motion to…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Virginia v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Jaynes v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2008
- Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
- Sharron Kelson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
- Commonwealth v. SimonePortsmouth County Circuit Court · 2003
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