Pippins v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Pippins was convicted in the Probate Court of Upson County of driving under the influence. He appealed to the Superior Court pursuant to OCGA § 40-13-28, where his conviction was affirmed. In appealing to this Court, Pippins claims the Superior Court erred by failing to reverse his conviction on the basis of the five enumerations of error he raised below and now asserts in the present appeal.

1. Pippins claims that because the judge before whom he was tried in Probate Court was not a lawyer, due process requires that he be accorded the right to a de novo review of his conviction…