Dossett v. State

404 S.E.2d 548 (1991)

261 Ga. 362

DOSSETT

v.

THE STATE.

No. S91G0120.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 10, 1991.

Virgil L. Brown & Associates, Bentley C. Adams III, Anne Cobb, for appellant.

William G. Hamrick III, District Attorney, for appellee.

OPINION

Appellant was convicted in probate court of driving under the influence of alcohol. He appealed that conviction to superior court, which affirmed.

On appeal to the Court of Appeals, appellant argued that the probate court's judgment was void because there was no written waiver of jury trial. The Court of Appeals held that the issue had been waived…