22-3601. Appellate jurisdiction of court of appeals and supreme court in criminal cases.
22-3601
22-3601. Appellate jurisdiction of court of appeals and supreme courtin criminal cases.(a) Any appeal permitted to be taken from a final judgment of a districtcourt in a criminal case shall be taken to the court of appeals, exceptin those cases reviewable by law in the district court and those cases wherea direct appeal to the supreme court is required. Whenever an interlocutoryappeal is permitted in a criminal case in the district court, such appealshall be taken to the court of appeals.
(b) Any appeal permitted to be taken from a final judgment of a districtcourt in a criminal case shall be taken directly to the supreme court inthe following cases:
(1) Any case in which the defendant has been convicted of a class A felonyor in which a maximum sentence of life imprisonment has been imposed or forcrimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, any case in which the defendant hasbeen convicted of an off-grid crime; and
(2) any case in which a statute of this state or of the United Stateshas been held unconstitutional.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3601; L. 1975, ch. 178, § 21;L. 1989, ch. 102, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 262; July 1, 1993.