Beaman v. City of Peachtree City

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Allison Beaman was arrested for underage possession of alcohol and was issued a uniform traffic citation. During Beaman’s trial in the Municipal Court of Peachtree City, she moved to quash the use of the UTC, asserting that the citation was not a valid charging instrument for a nontraffic offense. The municipal court denied Beaman’s motion, and she was convicted of the offense. She then applied to the superior court for certiorari, and that court affirmed the ruling. We granted Beaman’s application for discretionary appeal, and for reasons that follow, we affirm.

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