Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 23, 1962PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The Attorney General seeks a certification of the law (§ 352, Cr.Code of Practice)with respect to the right and power of police officers to set up “roadblocks” for the-sole purpose of stopping motorists on the-highway and-requiring the production of am operator’s license. A subsidiary or dependent question is the admissibility in evidence that a driver did not have such license.
The appellee, Mary A. Mitchell, was cited by a state police officer to the Oldham Quarterly Court for driving a motor vehicle without an operator’s license. It was there stipulated that the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Miami v. AronovitzSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Cox v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1944
- Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Mansbach Scrap Iron Co. v. City of AshlandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Ballow v. ReevesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Little v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- United States v. Kevin L. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- State v. KoppelSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
- Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1974
- Charles James Myricks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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