City of Mequon v. Bruseth

*794Wilkie, J.

One issue is dispositive of this appeal. Should the trial court have granted the city of Mequon’s motion to dismiss Bruseth’s circuit court appeal for failure to file a transcript of the reporter’s notes within the forty days permitted by statute ?

Appeal from a judgment of guilt in a drunken-driving case, like appeals in all cases, is governed entirely by the applicable statutes. In order for there to be a right of appeal some statute must grant it and a party seeking to appeal must follow the method prescribed in the governing statute.1 In the instant case the governing statute is…