Briggs v. City of Union City

HENRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to answer two questions, viz.: (1) whether a defendant convicted of the violation of a city ordinance is entitled to a jury trial upon appeal to the Circuit Court and (2) whether the Circuit Court, in a driving-while-under-the-influence case appealed from a municipal court, may suspend the individual’s driver’s license.

He is; it may not.

In Metropolitan Government v. Allen, 529 S.W.2d 699 (Tenn.1975), we reviewed the major former decisions of this Court and held that cases involving violations of city ordinances are not criminal prosecutions; that they are…