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Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 917

  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

The clerk of the trial court shall prepare the record on appeal and lodge it with the appellate court on or before the return date or any extension thereof.  The clerk of the trial court shall prepare the record in accordance with the rules of the appellate court.  Failure of the Clerk to prepare and lodge the record on appeal either correctly or timely shall not prejudice the appeal, unless such defect or delay is imputable to the appellant.

Amended by Acts 1984, No. 528, §1; Acts 1988, No. 525, §1.