Court Opinion

ID: 9707373
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:10:00.300449+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:31.919223
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Clinton, J.,
concurring.
This case points out an apparent anomaly and lack of logic in the case law of this state with reference to the circumstances under which this court and the district court may take judicial notice of municipal ordinances.
Where there is an appeal from a municipal court from a conviction for an ordinance violation we and the district court may take judicial notice of the ordinance for the purpose of determining defendant’s guilt or innocence but not for the purpose of considering an attack on the constitutionality of the ordinance. We ought to adopt a rule that is logically consistent.
I concur in the result because it is not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the ordinance in question is unconstitutional. Dwyer v. Omaha-Douglas Public Building Commission, ante p. 30, 195 N. W. 2d 236.
Nothing that is here said is intended in any way to refer to the usual rules requiring the pleading and proof of municipal ordinances in other situations.