Banks v. the State

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial at which Nakayla Banks proceeded pro se, the Probate Court of Newton County found Banks guilty of one count of possession of marijuana of less than an ounce (OCGA § 16-13-2 (b)) and not guilty of one count of possession of alcohol by a minor (OCGA § 3-3-23 (a)). Banks appealed to the Superior Court of Newton County, which affirmed the probate court’s judgment. In Banks’ appeal to this Court, she argues that the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction and that she did not knowingly and intelligently waive her rights to counsel and to…