Normandin v. People

I. Introduction

In this case, we deal only with a procedural issue, and not with the underlying merits of the case. The district court here dismissed an appeal taken from a conviction entered in a qualified municipal court of record. Relying on section 13-10-117, 5 C.R.S. (2003), the district court concluded that the appellant’s failure to file the notice of appeal within ten days of the entry of the judgment of conviction rendered the appeal untimely.

We now reverse the district court’s ruling and hold that because the conviction originated in a municipal court of record, the appellant had…