Johnson v. State
Johnson v. State
Opinion of the Court
We have this cause on remand by the Supreme Court of the United States for such proceedings as may be had in conformity with the judgment of that Court.
Defendant below, charged with vagrancy, informed the Court he would plead guilty and did not want a lawyer. Nevertheless, the Court appointed counsel. Jury trial was waived and, after testimony was heard, judgment of conviction was entered and defendant was placed on probation.
The officers did not testify the accused wandered or strolled and did not query as to how he had reached his seat in the dark. Perhaps pedestrian in occult abstrusities they just assumed he had not been wafted there by teleportation or telekinesis.
But the divided Supreme Court of the United States disagreed and reversed, holding (1) accused was only sitting on the bench and (2) the bench had been made for that purpose.
This Court’s affirmation of conviction must stand reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings as directed.
It is so Ordered.
Concurring Opinion
(concurring in the judgment specially):
I concur in the judgment only. For additional information concerning this case, see Johnson v. State (Fla.), 202 So.2d 852, and Johnson v. Florida, 391 U.S. 596, 88 S.Ct. 1713, 20 L.Ed.2d 838, decided June 3, 1968.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Harvey JOHNSON v. STATE of Florida
- Status
- Published