Legal Opinion
Zuranski v. Anderson
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided March 5, 1984No. H 84-56PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KANNE, District Judge.
This case discloses an instance where an Indiana state court judge, through indifference, ignored Indiana law and caused an improper sentence to be imposed upon an indigent traffic offender. In addition to the initial regular 60 day jail sentence he imposed, the state court judge directed that the indigent traffic offender pay a fine and costs of $450.00 by a further term of imprisonment to be served after the regular sentence at $10.00 per day.
Before acting on behalf of the indigent traffic offender, a legal assistance agency waited until the…
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