Woodruff v. City of Pelham

WELCH, Judge.

John Michael Woodruff was convicted in the Pelham, Alabama, municipal court for failing to obey a traffic-control device, a violation of § 32-5A-31, Ala.Code 1975. He appealed his conviction to the Shelby Circuit Court. Following a trial de novo, which was held without a jury, Woodruff was again found guilty of failing to obey a traffic-control device. The trial court sentenced Woodruff to ten days in jail and ordered him to pay a fine of $100.

Briefly, the evidence adduced at trial tended to show the following. On July 31, 2006, Officer James Greer of the Pelham Police Department…