State v. Todd

This case presents procedural and jurisdictional issues relating to when appeals from justice court to district court are timely filed, the effect of a premature notice of appeal on the justice court’s jurisdiction and which court has jurisdiction to rule on the timeliness of such an appeal. In affirming the District Court’s dismissal of Neil Todd’s appeal from the Justice Court to District Court, we take this opportunity to clarify the procedural and substantive standards that surround an appeal from justice court to district court.

Todd was charged in Madison County Justice Court with…