Reeves v. City of Crystal Springs

¶ 28. Because the municipal court failed to notify Reeves he had been found guilty of fírst-offense DUI, I find his diligent efforts, upon learning of the conviction, were sufficient to timely perfect his appeal to the circuit court. Therefore, I respectfully dissent from the majority and would instead reverse the circuit court’s dismissal of Reeves’s appeal and remand the case to the circuit court to consider the merits of his appeal.

¶ 24. The record indicates Reeves’s attorney’s first hint that his client had been found guilty came by way of a notice dated February 3, 2009. This was neither…