People v. Hizhniak

This case comes to us on petition for a writ of ceritorari 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 of Colorado, the home rule amendment, which reads in part:

“Home rule for cities and towns. The people of each city or town of this state, having a population of two thousand inhabitants as…