Kolker v. State

Carley, Chief Judge.

In 1985, appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere in the Recorder’s Court of the City of Chamblee to a charge of driving under the influence in violation of OCGA § 40-6-391. Some years later, an accusation was filed in the State Court of Gwinnett County charging appellant with the commission of yet another count of driving under the influence in violation of state law. Urging that the previous proceedings brought against him in the municipal recorder’s court were void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, appellant attempted to enter a plea of nolo contendere to the…