Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4155

  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Should either party appeal a case so fixed for summary trial, the cause shall be a preference suit in the appellate court and shall be fixed and set for argument in the appellate court for a date not more than thirty days from the date of the filing of the transcript in the cause.