Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Hancock v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided April 11, 1975PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Justice.
The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth appeals from a judgment upholding the validity of Chapter 318, Acts of 1974 (House Bill 459), pertaining to the duties and compensation of Commonwealth’s Attorneys in circuit court districts containing cities of the first or second class or urban county governments. We affirm.
Briefly, the act in question provides that in such districts the Commonwealth’s Attorney shall be a full-time prosecutor and shall not engage in the private practice of law, and it prescribes a maximum annual compensation of $26,000.1 KRS 69.010(2), 64.510(2). It…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Matthews v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Board of Education v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1975
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