State of Texas v. Ralph Yarborough, Sr.

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OUTCOME: The Defendant won on appeal. The T.SC ref'd writ

The City of Galveston fined Mr. Yarborough for failing to keep a lot mowed. In Court, he insisted upon a jury trial. The Judge refused and the case was appealed. The Texas Supreme Court agreed with ... Mr. Yarborough's contention, that if the government is going to deprive a citizen of money, that he was entitled to a jury trial under the State and United States Cosititutions.