Buckner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “"Under § 12— 12 — 70(b) it is only a 'bond required by law or rule' that must accompany the notice of appeal. Yet, the State has cited no law or rule requiring a bond to perfect an appeal. We must conclude that the filing of an appeal bond is not a jurisdictional requirement for appeal of a misdemeanor conviction from district to circuit court. This holding is consistent with the practice in the former county courts, where the purpose of the appeal bond was 'not to confer jurisdiction on the circuit court but to enable the defendant to release himself from custody pending the appeal,' Ex parte Rodgers, 12 Ala.App. 218, 226 , 67 So. 710, 713 (1915) (construing Code 1907, § 6725, Code 1940, Tit. 13, § 349, Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 1205, § 4-134). Similarly, our holding is consistent with present practice in appeals of misdemeanor convictions from circuit to appellate courts, for which Code of Ala. 1975, § 12-22-171, makes posting bail discretionary with the defendant at any time pending the appeal.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lumpkin v. State