                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TIME FOR FILING; NOTICE; OPENING BRIEF; PETITION (§ 17.1-408)

The notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals shall be filed in every case within
the court&#8217;s appellate jurisdiction as provided in § 8.01-675.3. The
opening brief in a criminal case shall be filed not more than 40 days after the
filing of the record with the Court of Appeals. However, an extension may be
granted in the discretion of the Court of Appeals on motion for good cause
shown. In an appeal pursuant to subsection B or C of § 19.2-398, the petition
for appeal shall be presented within the 40-day time limitation provided in this
section.
		Upon receiving a notice of appeal in a criminal case or, if notice of the
appeal is received by the clerk prior to the entry of final judgment, upon entry
of final judgment, the clerk of the circuit court shall cause a transcript to be
prepared of the trial and any other circuit court proceedings, as requested by
the appellant in the notice of appeal or by order of the circuit court, at the
expense of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 701, § 17-116.05:3; 1998, c. 872; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489;
2022, c. 714.