# Who was the Alabama State Court of Appeals Judge who upheld Rosa Park's conviction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010 "2019-01-18T23:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/1 "2019-01-18T23:07:15Z")
Hi Who was the Alabama State Court of Appeals Judge who upheld Rosa Park’s conviction? I’ve searched at length and could only come up with Judge Ben F. Cameron in the context of Martin Luther King, but not Park’s conviction. Would it have been the same judge? I look forward to your feedback, ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/2 "2019-01-18T23:19:58Z")
> [@davidmich](#): > > Hi > Who was the Alabama State Court of Appeals Judge who upheld Rosa Park’s conviction? > I’ve searched at length and could only come up with Judge Ben F. Cameron in the context of Martin Luther King, but not Park’s conviction. Would it have been the same judge? > > I look forward to your feedback, Perhaps I should have stated a three-judge panel. Is that how it usually works in an Appellate Court? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/3 "2019-01-18T23:26:18Z")
The Smithsonian has the papers online - do your own research [Rosa Parks' Papers Are Now Online | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rosa-parks-papers-are-now-online-180958227/) ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/4 "2019-01-18T23:39:22Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > The Smithsonian has the papers online - do your own research [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rosa-parks-papers-are-now-online-180958227/](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rosa-parks-papers-are-now-online-180958227/) That doesn’t exactly help. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/5 "2019-01-18T23:57:07Z")
Don’t have an answer yet, but the key is finding out which judges were in the Alabama State Court of Appeals in 1957. Having trouble finding it myself. In 1969 the court was split into separate criminal and civil courts and effectively ceased to exist. The ACIS which is the web site for the appellate courts in Alabama requires creating an account, and needs an Alabama State Bar Association number. (I don’t have one.) ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/6 "2019-01-19T00:05:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Don’t have an answer yet, but the key is finding out which judges were in the Alabama State Court of Appeals in 1957. Having trouble finding it myself. In 1969 the court was split into separate criminal and civil courts and effectively ceased to exist. The ACIS which is the web site for the appellate courts in Alabama requires creating an account, and needs an Alabama State Bar Association number. (I don’t have one.) > **[judicial\_history.pdf](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/judicial_history.pdf)** > > 166.31 KB A HISTORY OF THE ALABAMA JUDICIAL SYSTEM\* COURT OF APPEALS, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, AND COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS Presiding Judge Robert B. Carr died May 2, 1955, and Associate Judge Harwood became Presiding Judge. On June 15, 1955, Hon. Rowan S. Bone was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the elevation of Judge Harwood to Presiding Judge. court in November 1956 and was succeeded by Hon. Aubrey M. Cates, Jr., who had been elected and who took office on November 15, 1956. ---
**Author:** ![LTU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@LTU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LTU2)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/7 "2019-01-19T01:16:08Z")
Parks v. City of Montgomery 92 So. 2nd 683 (ALA. CT. APP. 1957) Opinion by: Judge Robert B. Harwood ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-alabama-state-court-of-appeals-judge-who-upheld-rosa-parks-conviction/828010/8 "2019-01-19T04:26:31Z")
> [@LTU2](#): > > Parks v. City of Montgomery 92 So. 2nd 683 (ALA. CT. APP. 1957) > > Opinion by: Judge Robert B. Harwood Thank you LTU2. Very helpful. Thank you all.