An attorney who received a trespassing citation for entering Meadowlakes without permission filed a motion Thursday to quash the charge he deems unconstitutional.

Michael Lucksinger of Hutto, Lucksinger & Garrett, LLP, which has offices in Burnet, Kingsland, Marble Falls and Llano, said he was followed by a city guard and issued a citation inside Meadowlakes’ Hidden Falls Golf Club after entering the gated city without asking permission.

“I could live the rest of my life happily never entering the City of Meadowlakes, but I have friends and employees who live there who I wish to visit from time to time,” Lucksinger said. “The fact that a non-citizen must disclose private, personal information and basically request permission to enter a public city runs counter to the precepts of our nation’s constitution.”

Lucksinger, an area resident more than 40 years, obeyed the traffic stop sign at the guard gate, he said, but “didn’t ask permission” to enter.

At a Meadowlakes arraignment hearing Thursday, Lucksinger pleaded not guilty to the trespassing charge on his own behalf and asked presiding Judge Don Adams to entertain a ruling on the motion to quash at a preliminary trial, scheduled Feb. 24. If no ruling is made, Adams said the case would be heard before a jury March 25.

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