Evans v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. The Justice Court of Monroe County convicted Mary Reed Evans of driving under the influence (DUI), first offense. Evans appealed to the Circuit Court of Monroe County. After a trial de novo without a jury, the circuit court came to the same result. Evans appealed, and the Court of Appeals, in a six-to-three decision, reversed the conviction and remanded the matter for a new trial. The Court of Appeals found that the circuit court had erred in its application of Porter v. State, *1056749 So.2d 250 (Miss.Ct.App.1999), and also found that…