State v. Walker

Thompson, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Walker v. State, 258 Ga. App. 354 (574 SE2d 317) (2002), to determine whether venue for the City Court of Atlanta must be proven to be in either Fulton County or DeKalb County. We hold that venue in the City Court of Atlanta, a non-uniform constitutional court in which venue is coextensive with the territorial limits of the city, need not be shown to lie in either county.

Via uniform traffic citations, Ronnie Walker was charged with several misdemeanor offenses: failure to stop at a stop sign, driving with a suspended license,…