Laxton v. State

This case involves a circuit court judgment which, after a trial on the merits, found appellant guilty of DWI. Today, the majority of this court has granted the State’s motion to dismiss the appellant’s appeal from the circuit court judgment. I dissent.

The majority opinion discusses Inferior Court Rule 9 which governs appeals from municipal court to circuit court. The rule requires that such appeals be taken within 30 days of the entry of the municipal court judgment by filing that court’s proceedings with the clerk of the circuit court. The majority opinion concludes that because the…