City of Detroit v. Del Rio

Defendant was convicted in recorder’s court of the city of Detroit of violating section 38-7-6 of the Detroit municipal code by entering an intersection against a red light, and was placed on probation for six months. A condition of probation prohibited him from operating a motor vehicle during the probationary term. It is of this condition that defendant complains, contending that the recorder’s court is without power to make such an order, or that, if the power exists, the entry of the order was an abuse of discretion.

So far as is here pertinent, the ordinance in question is identical to…