NORTH v. RUSSELL


516 S.W.2d 103 (1974)

Lonnie NORTH, Appellant, v. C. B. RUSSELL and Nathaniel Trap Helton, Harlan County Jailer, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Order September 12, 1974.

Judgment Vacated December 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Goss, Harlan, Dean H. Rivkin, Lexington, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, G. Wix Unthank, Commonwealth's Atty., Harlan, for appellees.


Judgment Vacated December 23, 1974. See 95 S.Ct. 673.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Harlan Circuit Court denying relief by way of habeas corpus from a judgment of the Lynch Police Court. Appellant's contention is that the police court judgment is void because the police judge is not a lawyer.

The motion for appeal is granted and the judgment is affirmed. Cf., Ditty v. Hampton, Ky., 490 S.W.2d 772<...

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