(a) The clerk’s record and the reporter’s transcript in an appeal of a criminal action to the supreme court shall contain such portions and documents of the proceedings of the district court, and be prepared, processed and transmitted to the supreme court as provided by rule of the supreme court. Argument of a criminal appeal shall be as prescribed by rule of the supreme court, but the defendant shall not have any right to appear at the time of oral argument unless otherwise ordered by the supreme court.
(b)  In any case where a presentence report is relevant to any issue on appeal, and is transmitted to the supreme court or the court of appeals for such use, the clerk of the district court shall serve a copy of the report on the attorney general and on appellate counsel for the defendant.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 19-2803

  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. Source: U.S. Courts
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • 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.
(c)  In any case where a documentary exhibit is transmitted to the supreme court or the court of appeals for use in appellate proceedings to which the state or any of its officers is a party in an official capacity, the clerk of the district court shall serve a copy of the exhibit on the attorney general and on appellate counsel for the defendant.