Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Simmons v. City of Birmingham
Simmons v. City of Birmingham, 341 U.S. 945 (1951)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1951-06-04
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- remand based on consideration of the record as well as confession of error by the Solicitor General
- decided after the defendant was sentenced and which held that convictions for receiving and possession were actually includable only under the single crime of selling counterfeit bank notes
Citator
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Appeal from the Court of Appeals of Alabama. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for the want of a properly presented federal question.
Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Douglas are of the opinion probable jurisdiction should be noted.