Thread: GA: Illegal college student demands jury trial

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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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Originally Posted by GaPatriot

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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

Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - Illegal student seeks jury trial on traffic charges

She did not have a license when she was stopped. And how did she get a license if she is illegal?

she can have the trial ONLY if she and her supporters will agree to pay the costs

Originally Posted by jamesw62

she can have the trial ONLY if she and her supporters will agree to pay the costs

ONLY if the costs are paid UP FRONT.

Would a jury of her peers be made up of other IAs?

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Would a jury of her peers be made up of other IAs?

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Would a jury of her peers be made up of other IAs?

Only if they are unlicensed drivers. But not to worry there are plenty.

I'd like to know how she got a license. Is it a GA license or NM license?

Originally Posted by miguelina

I'd like to know how she got a license. Is it a GA license or NM license?

Yes...one has to wonder what's going on here. This illegal invader apparently believes that going and getting a license in another state, (unless GA gives licenses to illegals) after the fact, should be grounds to dismiss the driving without a license - thus, no deportation! Never mind the fact she had no valid license issued to her at the time of the stop and subsequent arrest. And unless she has gotten citizenship over the past two months, she's still an illegal invader!

She should be deported right now and save the tax payers of GA a lot of time and money. Her crackpot legal team is using the court system to play a game of semantics, in an effort to ultimately avoid deportation.

It won't work!

Does this mean if I park in a red zone and get caught, all I have to do is move the car and the ticket will be forgiven?