Ex Parte Dison

469 So.2d 662 (1984)

Ex parte Elmore N. DISON III.

(Re: Elmore N. DISON III v. STATE.)

83-836.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 16, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1985.

Arthur Parker, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Owens, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BEATTY, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari in order to respond to the following legal question: Whether an appeal from a conviction of a misdemeanor in district court upon an unsworn DUI ticket and complaint gives the circuit court jurisdiction in a trial de novo and allows the circuit court to…