Dimmitt v. City Court of Salt Lake City

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

On May 2, 1967, Randy Dimmitt, age 17, was issued a traffic citation by Salt Lake City police charging him with operating a motor vehicle without a valid operator’s license, without a valid registration certificate, with an inoperative muffler and a defective tail light. After entering a plea of not guilty in the city court, he filed this action in the district court to restrain the city court from proceeding on the ground that it had no jurisdiction, urging that the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over him and such offenses because he is a minor.1 From a…