COMMONWEALTH v. COFFMAN


453 S.W.2d 759 (1970)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Richard T. COFFMAN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

George H. Logan, Louisville, for appellee.


EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Chief Justice.

By an Act (KRS 189.285) of the 1968 Regular Session of the General Assembly, all persons operating or riding motorcycles are required to wear protective helmets of the type approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.1 Failure to comply with this statute is made a misdemeanor under KRS 189.993(11) punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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