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PARKER v. MUNICIPAL JUDGE OF CITY OF LAS VEGAS

Nos. 5213, 5261

427 P.2d 642 (1967)

Frank PARKER, Petitioner, v. MUNICIPAL JUDGE OF the CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Respondent. Henry Dennis STAMPS, Petitioner, v. MUNICIPAL JUDGE OF the CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 15, 1967

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Kellar, of Las Vegas, for Petitioners Frank Parker and Henry Dennis Stamps.

Sidney R. Whitmore, City Attorney, Las Vegas, and James M. Bartley, Assistant City Attorney, for Respondent.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Chief Justice.

These are consolidated proceedings in prohibition to test the constitutionality of the "disorderly persons" ordinance of the City of Las Vegas. Each petitioner was charged with being a "disorderly person" in that he had the physical ability to work, no visible means of support, and was in a public place.1 Each was tried before the Municipal Court and found guilty. Neither has been sentenced because...

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