UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This discretionary review involves the question of whether a defendant, convicted of a simple misdemeanor upon jury trial before a district associate judge, is entitled to a jury trial on appeal to a district judge. See Iowa R.Crim.P. 54. The parties do not raise constitutional issues.
On July 27, 1979, an officer charged defendant Michael Andrew Franks with a traffic offense—failure to yield the right of way contrary to section...
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