JACOB GINGERICH; EMANUEL YODER; AND LEVI ZOOK, Appellants,
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, Appellee, AND
MENNO ZOOK; DAVID ZOOK; ELI ZOOK; MOSE YODER; LEVI HOSTETLER; JACOB GINGERICH; AND DANNY BYLER, Appellants
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, Appellee.
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June 3, 2011.
June 3, 2011.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David A. Friedman, Louisville, Kentucky, William E. Sharp, Louisville, Kentucky, Patricia C. LeMeur, Louisville, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS JACOB GINGERICH, EMANUEL YODER, AND LEVI ZOOK.
William E. Sharp, Louisville, Kentucky, Patricia C. LeMeur, Louisville, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS MENNO ZOOK, DAVID ZOOK, ELI ZOOK, MOSE YODER, LEVI HOSTETLER, JACOB GINGERICH, AND DANNY BYLER.
Donna M. Doblick, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, David J. Bird, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE.
William E. Sharp, Louisville, Kentucky, ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR APPELLANTS.
Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, Christian K.R. Miller, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLEE.
William E. Sharp, Louisville, Kentucky, Patricia C. Le Meur, Louisville, Kentucky, REPLY BRIEFS FOR ALL APPELLANTS.
Christian K.R. Miller, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR APPELLEE.
BEFORE: STUMBO AND THOMPSON, JUDGES; SHAKE, SENIOR JUDGE.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
OPINION
SHAKE, SENIOR JUDGE.
Multiple parties bring these appeals as a result of their convictions2 of violating KRS 189.820, which requires that a slow-moving vehicle (SMV) emblem, a fluorescent yellow-orange triangle with a dark red reflective border, be displayed on their horse-drawn buggies. Appellants are members of the Old Order Swartzentruber Amish religion, and argue that KRS 189.820 is unconstitutional...
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