Legal Opinion
Pope v. Marion County Sheriff's Merit Board
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 24, 1973No. 2-173A23PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Statement on the Appeal
Staton, J.
Major Marvin Pope of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department appeared before the Sheriff’s Merit Board upon charges of failing to obey a superior officer and operating a county owned vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. The Merit Board found him guilty of “. . . willful disobedience of a lawful order of a superior officer. . . .” He was reduced to the rank of deputy and suspended from September 22, 1971, until midnight, November 10,1971.
He filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Marion County Circuit Court for a review of the…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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