Students lawyers can prevent fines
Traffic ticket appeals possible
When the man with the circular patch on the right sleeve reading, "University of Kansas Patrolman," and holding a blue traffic ticket in his hand approaches a car on campus the unlucky owner usually has a good cause to sigh.
But the budget-eating fees of $2 to $16 do not necessarily have to follow. In the KU 1969-70 Parking and Traffic Regulations handbook there are instructions for appealing a violation ticket.
A student has a case for appeal if he believes he can prove one of two conditions, said William C. Weber, chief justice of Student Court and third year law student from Wichita.
One condition would be the regulations claimed by the patrolman to have been broken were in fact not broken. The second would be extentuating circumstances, such as an emergency requiring parking in a hospital zone, existed at the time of violation.
What happens when the student has filled out his appeal at the Traffic and Security office in Hoch Auditorium? The student, who has now become the appellant, receives a notice to appear before the Student Court.
The Student Court meets 6:30
p. m. most Tuesdays during the school year, Weber said. It is provided for in Sections One and Two, Article Three of the Senate Code, he said. It was set up to handle not only Traffic ticket appeals but also some other legal problems within the University.
The court includes three justices who are student volunteers from the School of Law. Also part of the court are a court reporter and student attorneys for the state and for the defense. They receive their assignments to the court from Weber.
Nearly 200 students appeal their tickets every year, Weber said. At the beginning of a new semester there is usually a small backlog from the previous semester which could not be heard because of semester exams.
When the appellant arrives at the court he meets the person assigned to him as defense attorney. After a short conference
between them, the court begins and the defense attorney questions the appellant.
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After the pertinent facts of the case have been brought out the justices hand down a verdict. The Traffic and Security office and the
Business Office are notified that they are either to refund or collect the fees.
"The court provides experience to the student as well as a service to the University," Weber said.
If, after having appealed the case, Weber said, the appellant is still dissatisfied with its outcome, he may appeal the judgment to the "court in bank," a full court of six student justices at which Weber presides.
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Inquests closed to public
BOSTON (UPI)—The Massachusetts Supreme Court Thursday granted Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's request for a closed-door inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
In its 17-page decision, the full bench of the high court ruled not only the Kopechne inquest but all future inquests in Massachusetts should be closed to the public and news media.
The court in effect overruled Edgartown District Court Judge James A. Boyle who had ruled newsmen would be allowed at the inquest into the death of the 28-year-old secretary killed in mid-July when a car driven by Kennedy hurtled off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island into a tidal pond.
The court, in addition to ordering a closed door inquest, laid down these ground rules for inquest proceedings:
Witnesses may be accompanied and advised by counsel while in attendance or testifying.
Following the inquest, all documents pertaining to it shall be impounded. Access to the documents shall be afforded only to the attorney general, appropriate district attorneys and counsel for persons involved in the case.
The high court rejected the motion by lawyers for Kennedy and other potential inquest witnesses that Judge Boyle be disqualified from presiding at the inquest.
The lawyers had asked he be disqualified on grounds his presence could lead to bias and prejudice in the case.
In setting down the ground rules, the court said, "we shall not make any special rules for a particular case." However, the court said the Kopechne inquest "presents unusual problems."
Although the court did not set a date for the Kopechne inquest, the court said its rulings "should not hinder or delay the pending inquest."
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"It has aroused great public interest, which in turn has stimulated great efforts by the press, radio, television and other media to provide news coverage."
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