State v. Estridge

Goolsby, Judge:

On December 31, 1992, Carl C. Estridge, pursuant to Act No. 310,1992 S.C. Acts 1904, agreed in writing to the transfer from the circuit court to the magistrate’s court of a case in which he was charged with second offense driving under the influence. Estridge’s jury trial in the magistrate’s court concluded on July 1, 1993, and resulted in a guilty verdict. Estridge appealed to the circuit court, alleging, as he does here, his conviction should be overturned on the ground that the magistrate’s court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to try his case on July 1, 1993, because…