Jones v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

In 1997, David Michael Jones was found guilty of three misdemeanors after a bench trial in the Anderson City Court. He later filed a petition for post-conviction relief. In light of the difficulty of litigating a post-conviction claim in courts that are not courts of record and the fact that people found guilty in city court are entitled to a trial de novo simply for the asking, we conclude that post-conviction relief is not available.

Facts & Procedural History

The Anderson Police arrived at the apparent site of a two-vehicle collision on April 17, 1997. Jones said to…