Martin v. City of Struthers

By lizzibrown

  • Martin was a Jehovas witness and went around door to door in neighborhoods handing out flyers for her faith

  • The neighborhood complained

  • She was convicted

  • She was fined $10 for trespassing

  • She appealed her conviction in the circuit court of mahoning county, alleging tht the city ordinance violated her first amendment free speech and free press rights

  • The circuit court upheld the ordinance and her conviction

  • The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed her appeal

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