Haygood v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

After a bench trial, Donna E. Haygood was found guilty of violating a local ordinance against possessing animals which create a nuisance. In her dispositive enumeration of error, Haygood, acting pro se, argues that she was denied her right to a jury trial.

This case arose after Haygood’s neighbor complained to the Cherokee County Animal Control Department that Haygood’s dogs had barked continuously at night for approximately one and one-half years. The animal control department issued a citation charging Haygood with creating a nuisance and ordering her to appear in…