Truman v. City of Enterprise

The appellant, Charles E. Truman, was convicted of running a stop sign and driving under the influence of alcohol, violations of section 2, ordinance 1-22-85-B of the City of Enterprise, which provides that any person who commits an offense within the police jurisdiction of the city "which is declared by a law . . . of the State of Alabama to be a violation . . . shall be guilty of an offense against" the state.1 For failure to obey a stop sign, the appellant was ordered to pay a $50 fine and court costs; he was sentenced to 42 days' imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $250 fine and court…