Rule 2.042: Custodial Status of Defendant in Sentencing Appeal

When a criminal appeal challenges sentencing, appellant’s attorney must include on the docketing statement information about defendant’s custodial status. After the appeal is docketed, the State is obligated to serve notice on the clerk of the appellate courts of any change in the defendant’s custodial status while the appeal is pending.

[History: New rule effective July 7, 2008; Restyled rule effective July 1, 2012.]