Legal Opinion
Wojcik v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 21, 1990No. S90A0361PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Justice.
In 1986 the appellant was convicted of a state DUI offense, OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (1), under a plea of nolo contendere entered in the Recorder’s Court of Gwinnett County. A local act enacted in 1972 established the Gwinnett County Recorder’s Court (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3125) and vested it with jurisdiction over state misdemeanor traffic offenses committed throughout the entire territorial limits of the county. Ga. L. 1972, p. 3126, § 2. The question for decision in this case is whether the 1983 Georgia Constitution sanctions this legislative grant of limited state criminal-law…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- South Georgia Railway Co. v. RyalsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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