Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:2498

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

            A. There shall be a right of appeal in all cases from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans. The appeals shall be on the law and the facts and shall be reviewed by the appellate division of the criminal district court to whom the appeal shall be allotted upon the records made and the evidence offered in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. The criminal district court shall have general and supervisory jurisdiction over the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and may issue such writs and orders as may be necessary in aid of its appellate and supervisory jurisdiction.

            B. The judges shall appoint a competent court reporter to take the evidence in any case in which it is necessary to do so under the law applicable to district courts, unless the parties waive the appointment of a reporter. At the request of any party, the judges shall order the transcription of the testimony taken by the court reporter. Upon completion of the renovation to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and proper integration of technology, digital recording procedures may be used by the assigned court reporter.

            C. In no case shall the appellant be responsible for any error, omission, or oversight in the record of the appeal.

            Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

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