Yent v. State

The appellant has filed a motion for a rule to require the Clerk to file a record that was tendered too late. The judgment of conviction was entered on March 8, 1982. Proceedings on a motion for new trial were not terminated until the motion was denied on September 1. The trial court, at the request of counsel, entered orders purporting to extend the time for filing the record to March 31,1983, when it was tendered.

Under Appellate Procedure Rule 5 (b) and its predecessor, Act 555 of 1953, § 20, the trial court cannot extend the time for filing the record to a date more than 7 months after the…