Which of the following statements is false?

• A. Defendants in non-record municipal courts can plead guilty and appeal a case.
• B. When counting the appeal time, the court counts the day the judgment is entered.
• C. If a county court refuses to take jurisdiction of a municipal court appeal, the defendant must pay the municipal court's fine.
• D. If a defendant fails to present the appeal bond to the court within the required time, the court can refuse to send it to the county court.

Answer: (D)

Appeals from non-record municipal courts to the county court follow a set path: a defendant can plead guilty and appeal, the appeal proceeds de novo in the county court, and an appeal bond must be posted within the time allowed. The timing for filing and the effect of the county court’s jurisdiction decisions are governed by specific rules, including what happens if an appeal is not properly perfected.

The statement about an appeal bond is false because if the appeal bond is not presented within the required time, the appeal isn’t perfected. There’s no option for the court to “send” an unperfected appeal to the county court—the correct action is to dismiss the appeal, since the process wasn’t properly initiated. Once an appeal is perfected with timely bond submission, the court can transmit the record to the county court for the de novo review.