State v. Ellis

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The defendant, Odie F. Ellis, was convicted at a bench trial in the Scott County Criminal Court of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, receiving a fine of $50.00 and a six-month jail sentence. All but 48 hours of his sentence was suspended.

The defendant had previously been convicted of this offense in the Scott County General Sessions Court and had appealed to the criminal court.

The issue in this appeal is whether the defendant was entitled to have a jury trial in criminal court, even though he had previously signed, in sessions court, a waiver of a jury trial.…