State v. Ridder

The legislative assembly in 1945 passed an act reading as follows:

“An appeal may be taken by the defendant who has plead guilty from a judgment on conviction', where the judgment of conviction imposes an excessive fine, or imposes excessive, cruel or unusual punishment. If the judgment of conviction is in the circuit court, the appeal shall be taken to the supreme court; if in the district court or the justice of the peace court, or municipal or city recorder’s court, the appeal shall be taken to the circuit court of the county in which such court is located. On such appeal, the appellate…