The defendant claimed that Kyoto City Ordinance was in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and the police officer's act of photographing the defendant against his will and the violation of the right of portrait (violation of Article 13 of the Constitution) without a warrant issued by a judge are also in violation of Article 35 of the Constitution which provides for the principle of warrant.
被告人は、京都市公安条例は憲法違反（憲法21条違反）であること、巡査による写真撮影は、被告人の意思に反するものであり、肖像権を侵害し（憲法13条違反）、かつ、令状を得て行われたものではないから、令状主義にも反する（憲法35条）と主張した。