City of Red Boiling Springs v. Whitley

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The defendant-appellee attempted to appeal a case from the city court of Red Boiling Springs to the Circuit Court of Macon County. The primary question on appeal is whether he complied with the required procedure to give the circuit court jurisdiction over the controversy.

The City of Red Boiling Springs charged the defendant-appellee with the offense of public drunkenness and secured a conviction in the city court on October 5, 1985. In the warrant, after a finding that the defendant was guilty as charged, the following appears over the signature of the city judge:…