In a criminal case, from which day does the time to appeal run, and in what form must an appeal be lodged?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
For this exercise, the papers to read are the certified copy of the judgment showing the day it was pronounced, any paper showing the day the judgment was notified, and the written appeal with the court's stamp showing when it was filed.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the two requirements together: an appeal must be made in writing within the period the provision sets, and that period runs from the day the judgment was pronounced or notified.
Another reading notes that the provision says the period runs from the day of pronouncement or notification without saying which one governs a particular file, so the record has to show which of the two events occurred and on what day.
Your judgment
Where a judgment was both pronounced and later notified, which of those two dates does the practice file show as the one the period runs from?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to fix the length of the period or to name one of the two events as the starting point, or if a court decision settles which event governs.