543.335. Appeal--records, how kept. - Missouri Statutes

Appeal--records, how kept.

543.335. In any case tried with a jury before an associate circuitjudge or on assignment under procedures applicable before circuit judges,or in any misdemeanor case or county ordinance violation case, a recordshall be kept and any person aggrieved by a judgment rendered in any suchcase may have an appeal upon that record to the appropriate appellatecourt. At the discretion of the judge, but in compliance with the rules ofthe supreme court, the record may be a stenographic record or one made bythe utilization of electronic, magnetic, or mechanical sound or videorecording devices. Whenever an appeal is taken in a case recorded by meansother than a court reporter, the clerk of the court or division in controlthereof shall forward the tape or record or whatever device used thereforto the clerk of the supreme court or to the clerk of the court of appealswherein the appeal is lodged. The supreme court and the courts of appealsmay arrange for the written transcript of the testimony so preservedpursuant to rules and procedures promulgated by the supreme court.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 S.B. 602, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248)