Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1985No. 20032PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
Defendant Larry Johnson seeks to vacate the order of the district court dismissing his appeal for his failure to pay the statutory filing fees. We hold that payment of filing fees in a criminal appeal, or in the alternative to proceed in forma pau-peris, is a jurisdictional prerequisite for perfecting an appeal.
Johnson entered a plea of guilty to a DUI charge in the Garfield County Justice Court on March 23,1984. After sentencing on April 4, 1984, he filed a timely appeal to the Sixth District Court, but did not pay any filing fees. Plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal, and the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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