City of St. Paul v. Flowers

Defendant was found guilty by a Ramsey County Municipal Court judge, sitting without a jury, of an ordinance charge of simple assault, and was sentenced to a term of 60 days in the workhouse. Thereafter, defendant attempted to appeal the case to district court for a de novo trial, but the district court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction *398because defendant had failed lo comply with Minn.St. 638.20. Defendant appeals the district court’s order, and we affirm.

Minn.St. 633.20 provides:

“Any person convicted of a criminal offense by a justice, whether on a plea of guilty or on a plea of not…