Altman v. State

WALLACE, Judge.

Without warning, the circuit court dismissed Svetlana Altman’s appeal of a county court order as a sanction for a single violation of the appellate rules. Ms. Altman petitions for review by certiorari of the circuit court’s order of dismissal. We hold that in dismissing Ms. Altman’s appeal, the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of the law and denied Ms. Altman procedural due process. Accordingly, we grant the petition and quash the circuit court’s order of dismissal.

I. THE STANDARD OF REVIEW

We begin by noting the applicable standard of review:

The standard…