Johnston v. City of Pine Bluff

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant, Barbara C. Johnston, was fined $59.45 in the Municipal Court of the City of Pine Bluff for violating a municipal speeding ordinance containing a maximum possible fine of $500 and six months in jail. On appeal to the circuit court her motion for a jury trial was overruled and she was fined $10 and costs for a total of $25.40. Her only contention for reversal is that the trial court erred in denying her a jury trial. The City of Pine Bluff seeks to sustain the denial of a jury trial on the theory that it was only a petty offense and for petty offenses the…