Burnsed v. City of Evergreen

The Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure allow a defendant who has suffered an adverse judgment in a municipal court to appeal that judgment directly to the Court of Criminal Appeals, under certain conditions. Rule 30.2, Ala. R.Crim. P., provides:

“An appeal from the district or municipal court shall go directly to the appropriate appellate court:

“(1) If an adequate record or stipulation of fact is available and the right to a jury trial is waived by all parties entitled to trial by jury, or

“(2) If the parties stipulate that only questions of law are involved and the district court or the…