DITTY v. HAMPTON


490 S.W.2d 772 (1972)

Stanley DITTY, Appellant, v. Larry HAMPTON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Brock, Harlan, for appellant.

Eugene Goss, Goss, Forester & Emerson, Harlan, for appellee.

David C. Short, David E. Murrell, Lexington, for Ky. Legal Aid and Defender Assn., amicus curiae.

Leslie Whitmer, Ky. State Bar Assn., Frankfort, for Ky. State Bar Assn., amicus curiae.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for the Commonwealth.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Harlan Circuit Court, being of the opinion that the police court of the City of Harlan (a fourth-class city) is unconstitutionally constituted to try criminal proceedings, entered judgment enjoining the judge of that court from taking any steps in the prosecution of one Larry Hampton on two charges of violations of the motor-vehicle traffic laws, punishable by fine alone, and a charge of disorderly conduct, punishable both by fine and by...

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