Legal Opinion

State v. Starlight Club

Utah Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1965No. 10372PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from three convictions after jury verdicts in consolidated cases for trial, each case having to do with selling liquor in vio lation of Title 32-7-1, Utah Code Annotated 1953. 1

No one contends that there was insufficiency of evidence.

Defendant does urge, however, that under the circumstances of this case, the sentence revoking defendant’s nonprofit corporate charter, 2 and the imposition of the maximum $2,500 fine in each case, aggregating $7,500, offends 1) against Art. I, Sec. 9, Utah Constitution, having to do with interdiction against excessive fines, 3 2)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kent Club v. TorontoUtah Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Russell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Disabled American Veterans' Club, Chapter No. 8 v. TorontoUtah Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. LeeUtah Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Garrity v. Maryland State Board of PlumbingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2016
  3. State v. LittleUtah Supreme Court · 1967
  4. State v. SparksUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Brent Brown Dealerships v. Tax Commission, Motor Vehicle Enforcement DivisionCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2006

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