Peterson v. People

Petitioner, Phillip Peterson, challenges an order of the Adams County District Court dismissing his appeal from a judgment of conviction entered by the County Court of Adams County. The district court dismissed the action as jurisdictionally barred because a notice of appeal was not filed in the county court pursuant to Crim. P. 37(a). We hold that the act required by Crim. P. 37(a) to invoke the jurisdiction of the district court is not filing a notice of appeal in county court, but timely docketing the appeal in the district court. Accordingly, we reverse the district court and remand for…