Shinault v. City of Huntsville

Juanita Shinault, an employee of the Madison County Commission, was convicted of verbal harassment and resisting arrest in the Huntsville Municipal Court. She was fined $100 and court costs on the resisting arrest charge, and was fined $25 and costs on the harassment charge. She appealed for trial de novo to the Circuit Court of Madison County and was tried by a jury. She was found guilty, and was sentenced to 20 days in jail by the trial judge on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. She appeals to this court. We reverse and remand.

On the night of November 18, 1989, at or about…