Robinson v. City of Abbeville

STEAGALL, Justice.

We granted the writ of certiorari to review the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. 494 So.2d 155. Tommy Robinson, Jr., was convicted in the Municipal Court of Abbeville of driving under the influence of alcohol and was fined $500, Alabama Code (1975), § 32-5A-191, as adopted by an ordinance of the City of Abbeville. An appeal was then taken to the Circuit Court of Henry County, wherein a trial was held without a jury and Robinson was found guilty of being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. An appeal was then taken to the…