Snellings v. State

194 Ga. App. 552 (1990)

391 S.E.2d 36

SNELLINGS

v.

THE STATE.

A89A2033.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 19, 1990.

Ross S. Snellings, pro se.

Lindsay A. Tise, Jr., District Attorney, Francis J. George, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

COOPER, Judge.

Convicted in probate court of speeding, appellant appealed to superior court. This appeal is from the superior court's affirmance of conviction. We reverse.

Probate courts are empowered by OCGA § 40-13-21 to entertain prosecutions for State traffic offenses. However, in OCGA § 40-13-23, that power is made contingent on the obtention of…