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The court must promptly serve a copy of the order on the prosecutor, the defendant, the appointed lawyer, the court reporter, and the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System. The appellant is responsible for securing the filing of the transcript as provided in this rule. Once an appeal is filed in the Court of Appeals, a party must serve a copy of any request for transcript preparation on opposing counsel and file a copy with the Court of Appeals. To be sure, the Court may take such action in the same sense that a jury may return a not guilty verdict in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt. However, the taxpayers of local units of government are today made responsible for what the Michigan Trial Judges Association characterized as the substantial costs of transcribing all voir dire.