South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-32-1. Transcript prepared when necessary to protect defendant’s rights
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In any criminal action or proceeding in which the court deems it essential to the protection of the substantial rights of the defendant, it shall order such transcript and copies of the shorthand reporter‘s notes of the evidence and proceedings upon the trial as may be necessary properly to present a motion in arrest of judgment, an application for a new trial or to perfect an appeal to the Supreme Court to be furnished to defendant’s counsel at the county’s expense.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-32-1
- 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.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- 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: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3903; SDCL, § 23-46-3; SL 1978, ch 178, § 401.