Miller-Roy v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

On May 30, 2001, at approximately 10:00 a.m., defendant Maria Miller-Roy, a licensed commercial driver, was stopped on Tara Boulevard in Clayton County for driving 71 mph in a 55-mph speed zone. The Clayton County Solicitor-General filed an accusation in the Traffic Violations Division of the Clayton County State Court charging Miller-Roy with a single count of speeding.

Through trial counsel, now counsel on appeal, Miller-Roy and a co-defendant not involved in this appeal attempted to waive arraignment and plead not guilty by letter to the traffic court, dated June 27, 2001.…