Wright v. State

Paulette K. Wright was arrested for speeding, Alabama Code 1975, § 32-5A-171, and for driving while intoxicated, §32-5A-191, on October 11, 1984. In December of 1984, she was convicted in the district court of DUI and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail, of which she was ordered to serve forty-eight hours with the remainder suspended, conditioned upon the completion of an alcohol treatment program. Wright was also fined $500. The speeding ticket was dismissed "upon completion of jail sentence."

Appeal was taken to the circuit court, which dismissed the charges in April of 1985,…