COMMONWEALTH v. MITCHELL


355 S.W.2d 686 (1962)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Mary A. MITCHELL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Wm. A. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

(No counsel), for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The Attorney General seeks a certification of the law (§ 352, Cr.Code of Practice) with respect to the right and power of police officers to set up "roadblocks" for the sole purpose of stopping motorists on the highway and requiring the production of an operator's license. A subsidiary or dependent question is the admissibility in evidence that a driver did not have such license.

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