Supreme Court Rules - Rule 30 - Rules of Criminal Procedure - Appellate Procedure in All Criminal Cases A. Criminal Proceedings Pending Before a Circuit Judge: Record on Appeal - Contents - Designation - Compiling, Ordering, and Filing

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		Section/Rule:	30.04
Subject:	Rule 30 - Rules of Criminal Procedure - Appellate Procedure in All Criminal Cases A. Criminal Proceedings Pending Before a Circuit Judge	Publication / Adopted Date:	June 13, 1979
Topic:	Record on Appeal - Contents - Designation - Compiling, Ordering, and Filing - Errors, Omissions and Supplemental Record	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 2017

30.04. Record on Appeal - Contents - Designation - Compiling, Ordering, and Filing - Errors, Omissions and Supplemental Record

(a) Contents of Record on Appeal. The record on appeal shall contain all of the record, proceedings, and evidence necessary to the determination of all questions to be presented by either appellant or respondent to the appellate court for decision. It is divided into two components; the legal file and the transcript.

(b) Legal File. The legal file shall be prepared as provided in Rule 81.12, except that the legal file shall always include, in chronological order: the indictment or information on which defendant was tried, defendant's arraignment or waiver thereof and plea, the fact of defendant's presence at the trial, the verdict, any motion for new trial or other after-trial motion, the court's rulings thereon, the fact that allocution was accorded defendant, the judgment and sentence, and the notice of appeal with its date of filing. The legal file shall be filed as provided in Rule 81.12.

(c) Transcript.

(1) Duty of Appellant to Order the Transcript. Within 30 days after the notice of appeal is filed, the appellant shall order the transcript from the court reporter or from the clerk if there was no court reporter. The written order shall designate the portions of the proceedings and evidence not previously reduced to written form that are to be included in the transcript. A copy of the written order shall be filed with the appellate court.

(2) Form, Content, and Filing. The form, content, and filing of the transcript shall conform to Rule 81.12. In addition, a copy of the transcript shall be filed with the clerk of the trial court.
(3) Abbreviated or Partial Transcript. The parties may agree in writing upon an abbreviated or partial transcript of the record, proceedings, and evidence, with the evidence either in narrative form or in question and answer form.

(d) Supplementation and Correction. The legal file or transcript may be supplemented or corrected as provided by Rule 81.12.

(Adopted June 13, 1979, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended June 10, 1980, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Dec. 16, 1980, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; June 3, 1983, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; June 1, 1993, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Dec. 15, 2000, eff. July 1, 2001; December 23, 2003, eff. July 1, 2004; April 2, 2015, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; May 19, 2016, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)

Committee Note - 1981 [Repealed]

Repealed June 1, 1993, eff. Jan.1, 1994.