State ex rel. Waters v. Teel

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Relator, Gary L. Waters, was charged with promoting pornography in violation of Section 26-82 of the Joplin City Code. The information charging Waters with the ordinance violation was filed and docketed in the Municipal Division of the Jasper County Circuit Court, which is designated by Local Court Rule as Division VI. Waters was arrested and brought before the mu*893nicipal judge for arraignment on the charge where he entered a plea of not guilty.

There is nothing in the record showing that Waters either requested or waived a jury trial;…