CITY OF DANVILLE v. DAWSON


528 S.W.2d 687 (1975)

Commonwealth of Kentucky, CITY OF DANVILLE, Appellant, v. Minnie Graham DAWSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Kenneth A. Howe, Jr., Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Frankfort, J. Thomas Hensley, Hensley & Smith, Danville, William W. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

James F. Clay, Jr., Clay & Clay, Danville, for appellee.

J. Vincent Aprile, II, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for amicus curiae.


PALMORE, Justice.

Shortly after 1:00 A. M. on February 6, 1974, police officers of the City of Danville observed an automobile being operated in an erratic manner and arrested its driver, Minnie Dawson, for the offense of driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages, committed in their presence. KRS 189.520. While she was sitting in the police cruiser under arrest the officers called for a wrecker to remove her automobile to a place of storage and,...

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