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JONES v. CITY OF MERIDIAN

No. 07-KA-58534.

552 So.2d 820 (1989)

H.W. "Sonny" JONES v. CITY OF MERIDIAN, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Calvin Gates, Meridian, for appellant.

Robert James Bresnahan, Meridian, Wayne M. Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PRATHER, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I.

The primary issue in this appeal concerns the constitutionality of a Mississippi "breach of the peace" statute — i.e., whether the statute is unconstitutional on its face, both for overbreadth and vagueness, as well as in application. H.W. "Sonny" Jones, Jr. [hereinafter Jones], was convicted in the Meridian Municipal Court for "creat[ing] a disturbance, or a breach of the peace," in a "public place of business...

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