A notice of appeal filed after the announcement of the verdict, decision, sentence, or order but before entry of the judgment or order must be treated as filed after the entry and on the day thereof. The clerk of the trial court clerk shall promptly serve notice of the filing of the notice of appeal by mailing or sending on the defendant. The clerk shall also send a copy of the notice of appeal and of the docket entries to the clerk of the appellate court. The trial court clerk shall note on , each copy , served the date on which when the notice of appeal was filed. The trial court clerk's failure Failure of the clerk to serve a copy of the notice of appeal does not affect the validity of the appeal.
Service is sufficient notwithstanding the death of a party or the party's counsel.
The trial court clerk shall note in on the docket the names of the parties to whom the clerk sends copies are sent and the date they were sent. Within five days after the notice of appeal is filed with the court from which the appeal is taken , the trial court clerk of the court , or the judge if there is no clerk, shall transmit to the appellate court clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken the notice of appeal, the verdict, the judgment, or any order of the court from which the appeal is taken, the complaint or information, and the undertaking on appeal, if any, and all documents and papers filed in the action, which shall be docketed by the clerk of the appellate court clerk without charge to the appellant. A party appealing shall be known as is the appellant and an adverse party shall be known as is the appellee, but the title of the action shall is not be changed in as a consequence of the appeal. An A perfected appeal to the district court when perfected, transfers the action for trial anew. An appeal from a judgment of conviction constitutes an appeal from any verdict of guilty upon which the judgment is rendered.