Manning v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety

OPALA, Justice.

The question presented for our decision today is whether a trial judge’s directive that a party’s counsel prepare a journal entry extends appeal time’s commencement until that memorial’s filing, even though the record contains an earlier-filed, judge-signed writing terminating the proceeding and clearly indicating the relief afforded. We answer in the negative. When judgment is pronounced with all the parties present, appeal time commences as soon as a judge-signed memorial which clearly shows the relief afforded is filed.1 Because we clarify a point of appellate procedure that…