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Well, she just won't shut up, go away and get deported. Now she wants a jury trial for failure to have a license. Her lawyers say she has a license now, so that is her defense?

And the taxpayers have to pay for this nonsense.

MARIETTA - Jessica Colotl, 21, has requested a jury trial on the two traffic citations she received on March 29, including the driving without a license charge that ultimately led to her detention by immigration authorities. The detention and release of Colotl, an illegal immigrant who has lived in the Atlanta area since she was a child and who was a student at Kennesaw State University at the time of the traffic stop, made headlines across the country in early May.

Her arraignment is now set for 8:30 a.m. on July 2 before Cobb State Court Judge Kathryn J. Tanksley.

Colotl had been scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning on the two traffic charges in Cobb State Court's traffic division. But her jury trial request means the case must be heard in the other division of state court.

Cobb Solicitor General Barry Morgan, whose office prosecutes misdemeanors, said first-time offenders convicted of driving without a license are typically sentenced to two days in custody and fined about $700. The fine for impeding traffic is $111.

Colotl's attorney, Chris Taylor, could not be reached for comment. But a woman who answered the telephone at his Norcross-based immigration firm, Hernan, Taylor and Lee, said they expect the charges to be dismissed because Colotl now has a driver's license. She then put the call on hold before saying the firm has no comment.

Colotl was later charged with making false statements, a felony, for giving an incorrect address to deputies as she was booked in at Cobb County Jail. Felonies are prosecuted by the District Attorney's Office.

District Attorney Pat Head said Wednesday that he does not know when that case will go before the grand jury for possible indictment. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of one to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine, Head said.

It is not known whether Colotl will enroll in Kennesaw State University's summer session, which begins Monday

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