It shall be the responsibility of the trial counsel to file all jurisdictional documents required to be filed in the district court and the Court of Criminal Appeals to initiate the appeal. The System shall be prohibited from accepting any appeal, unless trial counsel has timely filed all necessary documents or has pursued and been granted the authority for an appeal out of time on the defendant's behalf.
Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 1363
Filing of jurisdictional documents
Known as the Indigent Defense Act
The act spans §§ 22–22 (32 sections).
Added by Laws 1981, c. 207, § 9, emerg. eff
Official source: Oklahoma Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oklahoma statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.