Minnesota Statutes 88.78 – Appeals
(a) No appeal shall be allowed from a judgment in any prosecution under sections 88.03 to 88.22, unless the person appealing shall, within the time prescribed by law, enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, or deposit cash bail in twice the amount of the fine and costs.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 88.78
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(b) The judge may examine the proposed sureties under oath and shall make and keep a record of their answers in respect to the kinds and amount of their property not exempt from execution. The judge shall furnish a copy of the record to the director.
(c) Upon an arrest being made for violation of any of the provisions of sections 88.03 to 88.22, or upon information of a violation being lodged, the county attorney of the county in which the offense was committed shall prosecute the accused.