State v. Tecca

Defendant, Charles Tecca III, appeals the August 13,1985, order of the Sixth Judicial District Court dismissing his appeal to that court and remanding his appeal bond. We reverse.

Defendant was convicted of three traffic offenses in Livingston City Court on July 17, 1985. On July 24, 1985, judgment and sentence were orally pronounced. Defendant’s attorney filed a notice of appeal in City Court on July 29, 1985. That notice specified that the appeal would be “to the Justice Court of the County of Park, State of Montana, before Deanna Egeland, Justice of the Peace.” The appeal should have been…