MINNESOTA COURT RULES

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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FORM 40 - RECEIPT OF TRANSCRIPT BY APPELLANT

STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN COURT OF APPEALS (SUPREME COURT)

_,	)
Respondent,	)	RECEIPT OF TRANSCRIPT
	)	BY APPELLANT
vs.	)
	)	D.C. File No. _
_,	)	Appellate Court File No. _
Appellant.	)

I, _______________, acknowledge that I have received from the State Public Defender the _____ page transcript of the trial of State of Minnesota v. __________ and the transcripts of __________ proceedings.

I understand that the Supreme Court has said that the transcripts are state property and that the Supreme Court has also said that I must return them to the State Public Defender in an undamaged and complete condition before the appellate brief I have prepared will be accepted for filing by the Court of Appeals (Supreme Court). I understand that when I return the transcript to the State Public Defender, I will be given a return receipt and that the State Public Defender will file a duplicate receipt with the Court of Appeals (Supreme Court). I acknowledge that the pro se brief I have prepared will not be accepted for filing unless and until the State Public Defender files such a receipt with the appellate court.

I further understand that the Supreme Court has said that I cannot make the transcript available to any other inmate or other person, but it must remain in my personal possession until returned to the State Public Defender.

I agree to the above conditions and agree to return the transcript in an undamaged and complete condition to the State Public Defender on or before __________.

Dated: _	_
	Appellant

(Effective for criminal actions commenced or arrests made after 12 o'clock midnight January 1, 1990.)