Clark v. State

Miller, Judge.

Graham Clark was convicted of violating a Cherokee County ordinance that required him to control soil erosion on his property. He appeals, contending that the county ordinance was not properly proven.

Because this court cannot take judicial notice of a county ordinance, the State must introduce the ordinance into evidence, normally by certified copy.1 But Clark did not include a transcript of the trial in the appellate record so we could determine whether the ordinance was properly admitted into evidence. The burden is on the appellant to show the alleged error by the record, and…