Court Opinion

ID: 6898118
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 21:52:04.927158+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:06:04.487372
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.
The notice of appeal in this case is directed to and was served upon the district attorney, but not upon the clerk of the court where the judgment roll is filed. For this reason the attorney-general moves to dismiss the appeal, and the motion must be allowed. The criminal statute provides (Section 1438, Hill’s Ann. Laws), that “An appeal must be taken by the service of notice, in writing, on the clerk of the court where the judgment roll is filed, stating substantially that the appellant appeals from the judgmentand, Hill’s Ann. Laws, § 1434, “If the appeal be taken by the defendant, a similar notice must be served on the district attorney for the county in which the judgment roll is filed.” Appeals are matters of purely statutory regulation, and there must be a substantial compliance with the statute in order to confer jurisdiction upon this court. For a failure to serve the notice upon the clerk, as required, the appeal must be dismissed : Territory v. Hanna, 5 Mont. 246 (5 Pac. 250); State v. Gibbs, 10 Mont. 210 (25 Pac. 288). It is so ordered. Dismissed.