Dison v. State

A police officer placed appellant, Elmore N. Dison, III, under arrest for driving while under the influence. The appellant was convicted of this offense in district court and appealed his case de novo to circuit court. Counsel for the appellant then, for the first time, raised the issue that the DUI ticket given to the appellant after his arrest was not signed. When the point was made in circuit court that there was a failure to sign a traffic ticket, the court, at that time had the state trooper swear on the stand to the charge as set forth on the traffic ticket. The circuit judge wrote on…