Click v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““However, it seems clear that even though Floyd County was dry in 1949 when appellant was before convicted, that is not proof that prohibition was in effect in 1951 when the latest offense was allegedly committed. If the trial judge had taken ju dicial notice of the fact that Floyd County was still dry territory, and such cognizance had been affirmatively shown in the record, it might have cured the omission. In the absence of such showing or other proof, the judgment must be reversed on this ground for a new trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. Commonwealth