Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1054
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Time for perfecting appeal - Original record and
Official statutory text
transcript - Notice to transmit - Indigent defendants.
A. In misdemeanor and felony cases the appeal must be perfected
within ninety (90) days from the date of the pronouncement of the
judgment and sentence. A transcript in both felony and misdemeanor
cases must be filed as hereinafter directed.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 365
B. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court from which
notice of appeal has been given, and in which the original record
and transcript are to be filed, to notify the clerk of the Court of
Criminal Appeals when the original record and transcripts are
assembled for transmission to the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the
parties, or their counsel, have been advised to that effect. The
clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall, within ten (10) days
after the receipt of the district court clerk's notice of the
completion of the record, issue a notice to transmit the original
and one certified copy of the appeal records to the clerk of the
Court of Criminal Appeals and one certified copy of the original
records and transcripts to either the Oklahoma Indigent Defense
System, pursuant to Section 1362 of this title, or the retained or
other appointed counsel of record on appeal.
C. When the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System or another
attorney has been appointed to represent an indigent defendant in an
application for post-conviction relief where the defendant has
received one or more sentences of death, the notice to the district
court clerk shall require a certified copy be sent to the Oklahoma
Indigent Defense System or the other attorney in addition to the
copy provided for direct appeal.
R.L. 1910, § 5991. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 98, § 1; Laws 1961, p.
238, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 107, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 355, § 1; Laws 1965,
c. 113, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 1965; Laws 1993, c. 298, § 5, eff.
July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 256, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
A. In misdemeanor and felony cases the appeal must be perfected
within ninety (90) days from the date of the pronouncement of the
judgment and sentence. A transcript in both felony and misdemeanor
cases must be filed as hereinafter directed.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 365
B. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court from which
notice of appeal has been given, and in which the original record
and transcript are to be filed, to notify the clerk of the Court of
Criminal Appeals when the original record and transcripts are
assembled for transmission to the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the
parties, or their counsel, have been advised to that effect. The
clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall, within ten (10) days
after the receipt of the district court clerk's notice of the
completion of the record, issue a notice to transmit the original
and one certified copy of the appeal records to the clerk of the
Court of Criminal Appeals and one certified copy of the original
records and transcripts to either the Oklahoma Indigent Defense
System, pursuant to Section 1362 of this title, or the retained or
other appointed counsel of record on appeal.
C. When the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System or another
attorney has been appointed to represent an indigent defendant in an
application for post-conviction relief where the defendant has
received one or more sentences of death, the notice to the district
court clerk shall require a certified copy be sent to the Oklahoma
Indigent Defense System or the other attorney in addition to the
copy provided for direct appeal.
R.L. 1910, § 5991. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 98, § 1; Laws 1961, p.
238, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 107, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 355, § 1; Laws 1965,
c. 113, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 1965; Laws 1993, c. 298, § 5, eff.
July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 256, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
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