Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador — Court of Appeal Criminal Appeal Rules (2002) — 11
11 (1) Subject to this Rule, 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: (a) in a prisoner appeal, (b) in an appeal from a summary conviction appeal court, or (c) where a judge otherwise orders, an appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a copy of the request for transcript and certificate in Form D requesting the preparation of those portions of the record in the proceedings that he or she believes are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined and containing certificates stating that the request has been sent to other parties and to the court reporter’s office. (3) The appellant shall, within 15 days after filing the notice of appeal, file with the Registrar a certificate of court reporter in Form E certifying receipt of the request for transcript. (4) In a prisoner appeal, the Attorney General shall, after receiving a notice of appeal (a) send a request for transcript and certificate in Form D and a certificate of court reporter in the manner set out in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary; (b) file copies of the completed certificates with the Registrar; and (c) forward copies to the prisoner. (5) 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, and the appellant shall file with the notice of appeal a request for transcript and certificate in Form D and, within 15 days thereafter a certificate of court reporter in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary, in relation to any portions of the proceedings in the summary conviction appeal court which the appellant believes are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined. (6) Unless the Court otherwise orders, where an appeal is against sentence only, the transcript shall be limited to (a) the evidence given and submissions made on the issue of sentence; and (b) the reasons for sentence given by the sentencing judge. (7) Where a party to an appeal receives a copy of a request for transcript and certificate prepared by another party, the receiving party may (a) where he or she believes that additional portions of the transcript of the proceedings are necessary to enable the issues on appeal to be determined, and (b) within 15 days after receipt, or within such longer time as the Court may allow, deliver a request for further portions of transcript and certificate in Form F to the applicable court reporter’s office and to the other parties to the appeal, file a copy of it with the Registrar, and within 15 days thereafter file with the Registrar a certificate of court reporter in Form E, with such modifications as may be necessary, certifying receipt of the request for additional transcript. (8) A party to an appeal may at any time apply to the Court for an order (a) excising portions of the transcript of the proceedings which have been requested or prepared and which are unnecessary or inappropriate for the determination of the issues on an appeal; and (b) adding such further portions of the transcript of the proceedings as may be determined to be necessary to the determination of the issues on an appeal. (9) The Court may at any time of its own motion order that the transcript of the proceedings be abridged or amplified. (10) The parties to an appeal may agree, in writing to be filed in the Court: (a) to substitute an agreed statement of facts in place of all or any portion of the transcript of the proceedings and the exhibits; and (b) to submit a joint request for transcript in Form