PEOPLE v. HIZHNIAK

No. C-1378.

579 P.2d 1131 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. George S. HIZHNIAK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Stock, City Atty., Sterling, for petitioner.

Donald K. Smith, Sterling, for respondent.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This case comes to us on petition for a writ of certiorari to the District Court of Logan County. Petitioner, the City of Sterling, Colorado, is a home rule city which asks this court to uphold its right to impose penalties for traffic speed violations which are harsher than those imposed by the state. Petitioner argues that authority to do so is based upon Section 6 of Article XX of the Constitution...

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