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Minn. Stat. § 488.20 (2026)

[Repealed]

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MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 660 s 22]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1962–1973 · leading case: Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104 (1972).
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Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104 (1972). · cites it 2× “1972); Minn. Stat. §§ 488.20 , 633.20 et seq. (1969); Miss.”
City of St. Paul v. Hitzmann, 204 N.W.2d 417 (Minn. 1973). · cites it 3× “6, 1 which applied specifically to Hen *303 nepin County and directed ordinance violations to be tried without a jury, was constitutional because defendant had a right to jury trial on appeal under § 488.20. 2 We said ( 286 Minn. 557 , 176 N.”
State v. Leininger, 176 N.W.2d 629 (Minn. 1970). · cites it 2× “In the event of such trial without jury, there shall be a right of appeal as provided in Section 488.20 * * Minn. St. 488.20 provides: “Appeals may be taken in the district court of the county from the judgments of municipal courts in the same cases, upon the same procedure, and…”
Haaf v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Benton Cnty., 337 F. Supp. 772 (D. Minn. 1971). · cites it 2× “, Minn.Stat. §§ 488.20, 488A.10. This point was neither briefed nor argued at any length and the court indicates no conclusion on this issue at this time.”
City of St. Paul v. Sutherland, 132 N.W.2d 280 (Minn. 1964). · cites it 7× “However, in the case of a conviction for violation of an ordinance, appeal may be made to the district court whereupon the defendant shall be entitled to a trial de novo therein, with or without a jury, but otherwise with all the rights and subject to the procedures prescribed…”
State v. McKinnon, 140 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. 1966). “Under § 488.20, appeals to the district court from the municipal court are in turn governed by the statute applicable to appeals from justice courts.”
State v. Kalkbrenner, 116 N.W.2d 560 (Minn. 1962). “If the proceedings before us are appellate in nature, we call attention to the fact that appeals from the municipal court of the city of Faribault must be taken directly to the district court and not to the supreme court under § 488.20. Hence we have no appellate jurisdiction…”
State v. Brown, 165 N.W.2d 557 (Minn. 1969). “He perfected an appeal to the district court of that county pursuant to §§ 488.20 and 633.20, including posting a surety bond approved by the municipal judge.”
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