Poole v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion.

1. A state court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the enforcement of a violation of a municipal ordinance absent a statutory conference of subject matter jurisdiction. There has been no statutory conference of subject matter jurisdiction to the State Court of Troup County to try a violation of a municipal ordinance of the City of LaGrange while sitting as a state court.

“The jurisdiction of the state court includes ‘misdemeanor cases.’ Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211. However, this refers only to state statutes, the violation of which…