Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. White
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1999No. 98-SC-0613-CPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
The question to be answered here is which statute, KRS 244.080, or KRS 530.070 should be used to prosecute employees of retail licensees for selling alcoholic beverages to minors.
In 1997, White was employed by a retail liquor licensee and was charged in district court with violating KRS 244.080, when acting as a retail licensee, he sold 36 bottles of beer to a minor. It was stipulated that White was not a retail licensee, but rather that he was an employee of a retail licensee. KRS 244.080 is a Class B misdemeanor, while KRS 530.070 is a Class A misdemeanor. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HalsellKentucky Supreme Court · 1996
- Kentucky Region Eight v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1974
- Kentucky Mountain Coal Co. v. WittCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1962
- Bowen v. Commonwealth ex rel. StidhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
- Knight v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
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3Cited by11 opinions
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