How does the Transcript get to the Court of Appeals?
A. In criminal appeals, the Clerks office contacts the trial court clerk and requests that the transcript be sent after the Appellant has filed the Appellants brief. The trial court clerk will send the transcript and it will be held in the Clerks office until the case is ready to go to the court. Each of the parties can check out the transcript from our office during his or her briefing time to use to prepare the brief. In civil appeals, the Clerks office contacts the trial court clerk for the transcript after the case is fully briefed and ready to go to the Court. This means that if a party wishes to check out the transcript in a civil appeal, they must contact the trial court clerk. The trial court clerk may have procedures in place for how to check out the transcript, so you should contact the trial court clerk directly to determine that procedure.
