Within five days after the filing of the notice of appeal, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the trial court to assemble and consecutively number the pages of all pleadings, documents, papers, and exhibits filed in said action, including any opinion which the trial court may have filed or authorized for filing, except the parties may stipulate as to the contents of the record. The clerk shall then prepare and attach an alphabetical index to the record and shall promptly serve a copy on all counsel of record and the clerk of the Supreme Court. The clerk’s certified record, together with the transcript, shall constitute the record on appeal.

The Supreme Court may provide by rule or order that a certified copy of the alphabetical index shall be transmitted in lieu of the entire record, subject to the right of any party to request at any time during the pendency of the appeal that designated parts of the record be transmitted.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-26A-53

  • 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.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • 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: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 10 (3); SDCL Supp, § 15-26A-35; Supreme Court Rule 81-2; Supreme Court Rule 82-10; SL 2017, ch 227 (Supreme Court Rule 17-04), eff. Jan. 19, 2017.

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