Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
But that certainly has happened in other cases for similar reasons when it's been impossible to get a conviction due to jury nullification. A violation is similar to a traffic ticket: you don't get a jury trial there either.
Not universally true, in Georgia (at least in the Atlanta Municipal Court), you sign a paper with your plea and on it you mark if you waive your right to jury, lawyer, etc. Now admittedly, the same court handles more than traffic offenses as well, but I believe I saw at least one other person there when I was, opt for a jury trial on a traffic citation.
NOTE: I was there on a technicality following a collision I couldn't possibly avoid and the charge for the traffic "violation" were dropped; y'all do not have a criminal here in your presence
