South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-32-16. Notice of appeal–Service on adverse parties–Perfection of appeal–Fee not required of indigent defendant
Appeal to the Supreme Court shall be taken by a written notice of appeal, signed by the appellant or his attorney, specifying the order or judgment, or both, appealed from and whether the appeal is taken from the whole or a part thereof, and if from a part only, specifying the part appealed from. Notice of such appeal, when by the defendant shall be served upon the attorney general and upon the prosecuting attorney of the county where the judgment was entered and, when by the state, upon the defendant or his attorney. The appeal shall be deemed perfected by filing the notice with the clerk together with proof of service thereof, and by depositing the appeal fee for the clerk of the Supreme Court, as in civil cases, except that when the appeal is by the state, no such fee shall be required. Whenever an appeal is taken by an indigent, assigned counsel pursuant to § 23A-40-6, no filing fee need be paid and no undertaking need be furnished to perfect such appeal.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-32-16
- 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.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.4102; SDCL, § 23-51-4; SL 1978, ch 178, § 394; SL 1980, ch 26, § 23.