South Dakota Codified Laws 15-15-9. Content of record
The record of any hearing, court trial or jury trial conducted by or on behalf of the Unified Judicial System shall consist of the transcript prepared by an official court reporter or court recorder or freelance reporter on contract with the Unified Judicial System, the exhibits offered in evidence and jury instructions. This rule shall not apply to child support referee hearings.
The reporter shall transcribe and certify such parts of the record of the proceedings as may be required by any rule or order of the court. Upon the request of any party to any proceeding which has been so recorded, who has agreed to pay any applicable fee for such transcription, the reporter shall file an electronic transcript with the clerk of court upon completion and transmit a paper or electronic copy to the requesting party. The court may request that an additional paper copy of the transcript be filed with the clerk of court.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-15-9
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Jury instructions: A judge's directions to the jury before it begins deliberations regarding the factual questions it must answer and the legal rules that it must apply. Source: U.S. Courts
- 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).
- 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.
Source: SL 2010, ch 255 (Supreme Court Rule 10-02), eff. Feb. 26, 2010; SL 2011, ch 228 (Supreme Court Rule 10-04), eff. Aug. 30, 2010; SL 2015, ch 265 (Supreme Court Rule 15-03), eff. July 1, 2015.