Bonds v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In the early morning hours on January 1, 2010, Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Chris White issued Jimmy Bonds five driving citations. The citations were issued for the following reasons: a seatbelt violation, careless driving, failure to dim headlights, improper tag, and driving under the influence (DUI). Bonds’s first hearing occurred on March 16, 2010, in the Prentiss County Justice Court. He was convicted of first offense DUI. Bonds appealed his DUI conviction to the Prentiss County Circuit Court. At the de novo hearing on June 21, 2010, the circuit court…