SMITH v. CITY OF LAKELAND

No. 80-1046.

392 So.2d 262 (1980)

James H. SMITH, Jr., Petitioner, v. CITY OF LAKELAND, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Young of Trakas & Young, Winter Haven, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and G.P. Waldbart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

James H. Smith, Jr., petitions for writ of certiorari to review a circuit court order affirming the county court's judgment, sentence and denial of his demand for jury trial. We hold that Smith was entitled to a jury trial and, therefore, grant certiorari.

Smith was charged in county court with violation of a municipal traffic ordinance by violating Section 322.34, Florida Statutes (1979). He entered...

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