Prince Edward Island – Criminal Appeal Rules of Court — 82.09
82.09 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (15), the parties to an appeal shall file with the Court only those portions of the transcript of the proceedings in the court appealed from that are necessary to enable the issues raised on appeal to be determined. (2) Except in the following cases, an appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a copy of the request for transcript and certificate in Form 82C requesting the preparation of a transcript of the record in the proceeding and containing certificates stating that the request has been sent to the other parties and to the court reporter’s office. (a) a prisoner appeal, (b) an appeal from a summary conviction appeal court, or (c) a judge otherwise orders. (3) The appellant shall, within 15 days after filing the notice of appeal, file with the Registrar a certificate of the Chief Court Reporter or a court reporter in Form 82E certifying receipt of the request for transcript. (4) In a prisoner appeal, the Attorney General shall, after receiving a notice of appeal (a) forthwith send to the Chief Court Reporter a request for transcript and certificate in Form 82C and a certificate of court reporter in Form 82E , with such modifications as may be necessary; (b) file copies of the completed certificate with the Registrar; and (c) forward copies to the prisoner. (5) The transcript shall not include (a) proceedings on the challenge for cause of a juror, (b) the opening address of the trial judge, (c) the opening and closing addresses of counsel, (d) proceedings in the absence of the jury except (i) rulings on the admissibility of evidence following a voir dire or otherwise, (ii) submissions as to the proposed content of the charge and the trial judge’s ruling and reasons, (iii) objections to the trial judge’s charge to the jury and the trial judge’s ruling and reasons, (iv) submissions respecting questions from the jury and the trial judge’s ruling and reasons; (e) objections to the admissibility of evidence other than a statement that an objection was made, however the trial judge’s ruling and reasons in respect of the objection shall be set out in full in the transcript unless (i) the grounds of appeal relate to a matter referred to in the statement, (ii) in respect of the items in paragraphs (a) to (e), the court or a judge orders that one or more of those parts of the proceedings be included, or (iii) the appellant and respondent agree that one or more of those parts of the proceedings be included. (6) In an appeal from a summary conviction appeal court, the transcript shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, consist of (a) the transcript of proceedings in the trial court as it was submitted on appeal to the summary conviction appeal court, and (b) only those portions of the transcript of proceedings in the summary conviction appeal court as may be necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined. (7) The appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a request for transcript and certificate in Form 82C and, within 15 days thereafter, a certificate of the Chief Court Reporter or a court reporter in Form 82E , with such modifications as may be necessary, in relation to any portions of the proceedings in the summary conviction appeal court that the appellant believes are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined. (8) Unless the Court otherwise orders, where an appeal is against sentence only, the transcript shall include (a) any evidence given on the issue of sentence, (b) where there was a plea of guilty, the statement of facts, (c) any submissions of counsel for the prosecution and the defence, (d) any statement by the accused prior to the passing of sentence made under section 726 of the Code, and (e) the trial judge’s reasons for sentence; (9) Where a party to an appeal receives a copy of a request for transcript and certificate prepared by another party, the receiving party may, if the following conditions are met, deliver a request for further por