State ex rel. St. Louis County v. Goeke

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, the Honorable Joseph A. Goeke III, appeals from a judgment making absolute a writ of mandamus sought by St. Louis County. We affirm.

On January 2,1977, the St. Louis County Council passed Ordinance No. 7707, which became effective on January 21,1977. The ordinance permits a peace officer to issue a “summons” in lieu of arrest or application for a warrant, whenever the officer suspects that a county ordinance had been violated in his presence. The ordinance includes a proposed “summons” form to be used in all non-traffic ordinance violation cases.1 Since the…