Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     46-17-311. Appeal from justices', municipal, and city courts. (1) Except for cases in which legal issues are preserved for appeal pursuant to 46-12-204, all cases on appeal from a justice's or city court must be tried anew in the district court and may be tried before a jury of six selected in the same manner as for other criminal cases. An appeal from a municipal court to the district court is governed by 3-6-110.
     (2) The defendant may appeal to the district court by filing written notice of intention to appeal within 10 days after a judgment is rendered following trial. In the case of an appeal by the prosecution, the notice must be filed within 10 days of the date the order complained of is given. The prosecution may only appeal in the cases provided for in 46-20-103.
     (3) Within 30 days of filing the notice of appeal, the court shall transfer the entire record of the court of limited jurisdiction to the district court.

     History: En. 95-2009 by Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 184, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 95-2009; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 116, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 333, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 277, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 217, Ch. 800, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 262, L. 1993.

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