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ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA

No. 19.

385 U.S. 39 (1966)

87 S.Ct. 242

17 L.Ed.2d 149

ADDERLEY ET AL. v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Yale Feder argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Tobias Simon.

William D. Roth, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for respondent, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court. With him on the brief was Earl Faircloth, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, Harriett Louise Adderley and 31 other persons, were convicted by a jury in a joint trial in the County Judge's Court of Leon County, Florida, on a charge of "trespass with a malicious and mischievous intent" upon the premises of the county jail contrary to § 821.18 of the Florida statutes set out below.1 Petitioners, apparently all students of the Florida A. &...

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