A person has been handed a ticket by the county sheriff's deputy for making an illegal turn. Which type of case will be registered against him, in which court will he be tried, and what is the possible punishment? Can he appeal the decision?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
A. Ticket for illegal turn: Class C misdemeanor
1. Municipal Court in incorporated cities
a. jurisdiction over all Class C misdemeanors occurring in the city's geographic limit
2. possible punishment
a. maximum fine in municipal court Class C misdemeanors is $500
b. no confinement
3. possibilities to appeal the decision
a. most small-town municipal courts are courts of nonrecord
1. no official transcript or record of cases heard
2. cannot appeal courts of nonrecord
b. can ask for trial de novo
1. new trial at county court level
2. most municipal courts have become courts of record
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