Oatts v. City of Hopkinsville

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted in the Hopkins-ville Police Court on a misdemeanor charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated, and was fined $100. On the same day he paid the fine and costs. Thereafter he timely perfected an appeal to the Christian Circuit Court. The appeal was dismissed on the ground that appellant, by satisfying the judgment, had waived or otherwise lost his right of appeal. The correctness of this ruling is the question before us.

Prior to 1962 section 369 of the Criminal Code was controlling on this question. It specifically provided that no appeal could…