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EDELMAN v. CALIFORNIA

No. 85.

344 U.S. 357 (1953)

EDELMAN v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Redfield argued the cause for petitioner. A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand filed a brief for petitioner.

Philip E. Grey argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ray L. Chesebro and Bourke Jones.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner stands convicted under § 647 (5) of the Penal Code of California, which provides in relevant part that "Every . . . dissolute person . . . [i]s a vagrant, and is punishable by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." The conviction was affirmed...

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