Nesler v. Hampton

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Petitioner in prohibition seeks review of a final judgment denying his prayer for issuance of the writ and dismissing his petition.

In January, 1970, appellant was charged in the Municipal Court of the City of Gainesville with the infraction of several ordinances, to wit: careless driving, driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, hit and run, and running a red light. Violations of the ordinances with which appellant was charged likewise constitute violations of state statutes which proscribe the same offenses.1

The charter act of the City of Gaines-ville provides that…