Clack v. City of Ridgeland

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. For the fourth time in less than a year, this Court is confronted with an appeal of a conviction from the City of Ridge-land in which the City has failed to file an appellate brief.1 Incident to a de novo bench trial, the County Court of Madison County found Daniel Clack guilty of first-offense driving under the influence (DUI) and careless driving. During a hearing on Clack’s posttrial motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, al*779ternatively, a new trial, city prosecutor Boty McDonald admitted that he had unintentionally failed to provide…