724 So. 2d 90 - Stoll v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““In misdemeanor traffic cases, the UTTC is the formal charging instrument, analogous to an indictment and conferring original subject matter jurisdiction on the district or municipal court, and on the circuit court in the case of a de novo appeal. Young[ v. City of Hokes Bluff], 611 So.2d [401] at 411-13 [ (Ala.Crim.App.),] (Bowen, J., concurring in result)!, aff'd, 611 So.2d 414 (Ala.1992) ]; Sanders v. City of Birmingham, 669 So.2d 236, 238 (Ala.Cr.App.1995). See also Rule 2.2(d), Ala.R.Crim.P., as amended effective August 1,1997.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Dutton v. State · Muldoon v. State

2. ““Prosecutions of misdemeanor traffic offenses are commenced upon the filing of a valid' UTTC in the district court or, where the offense is adopted as a municipal ordinance, in the municipal court, § 12-12-53, Ala.Code 1975; Rule 19(A) and (D), Ala. R. Jud. Admin.; Rule 2.3, Ala. R.Crim. P. See Brown v. State, 565 So.2d 585, 589 (Ala.1990); Sisson v. State, 528 So.2d 1159, 1160 (Ala.1988); Gandy v. City of Birmingham, 478 So.2d 11, 12 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); see also Young v. City of Hokes Bluff, 611 So.2d 401 , 404 n. 1 (Ala.Cr.App.) (Bowen, J., concurring in result), aff'd, 611 So.2d 414 (Ala.1992). In misdemeanor traffic cases, the UTTC is the formal charging instrument, analogous to an indictment and conferring original subject matter jurisdiction -on the district or municipal court, and on the circuit court in the case of a de novo appeal. Young, 611 So.2d at 411-13 (Bowen, J., concurring in result); Sanders v. City of Birmingham, 669 So.2d 236, 238 (Ala.Cr.App.1995). See also Rule 2.2(d), Ala. R.Crim. P., as amended effective August 1,1997.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomas