Salt Lake City v. Peters

CALLISTER, Justice.

Defendant-appellant was convicted in the City Court of Salt Lake City under a city ordinance for the crime of illegal sale of alcoholic beverages. He appealed his conviction to the district court, where upon a new trial, he was again found guilty. He has now attempted to appeal from that judgment to this court.

Section 9, Article VIII, of the Utah Constitution provides that appeals shall be from the final judgment of justices of the peace in criminal courts to the district courts; and the decision of the district courts shall be final, except in cases involving the validity…