Defense attorneys in DeKalb County’s traffic court do not like a judge’s order requiring a notarized affidavit from their clients waiving or asserting a request for a jury trial if their clients aren’t present for proceedings.
“My clients rarely go to court with me because they are out of state,” said Sam McRae. He said the order was meant to hinder defendants from moving their cases from DeKalb Recorders Court, where traffic cases are heard by a judge only, to DeKalb State Court, where juries decide the cases.
