Duke v. County of Pulaski

James D. Duke, Jr., was charged with violation of the Pulaski County Unlicensed Automobile License Tax Ordinance. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found Duke guilty and imposed upon him a fine of $50. On appeal, Duke contends, as he did in the trial court, that the enabling statute, Code § 15.1-27.1, and the Pulaski County ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, were unconstitutionally applied to him in violation of his rights under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1 and under Article I, Section 11 of the Virginia…