Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 68
Electronic Transmission of the Appellate Record: It is preferred that the trial court clerk submit the appellate record and transcript electronically through the SCED-Trial Court Access System at https://trial.gasupreme.us/login. Instructions on how to upload the appellate record are available on the electronic filing site. To the extent possible, electronic records and transcripts should comply with the following requirements. Electronic records and transcripts, including depositions, shall be formatted for 8 1/2" x 11" paper with double spacing between each line of text and at least one inch margins. Compressed formats allowing more than one page of transcription to appear on a single page are not permitted. All records and transcripts shall be in a type size no smaller than 12-point Courier font or 14-point Times New Roman. The pages of the record shall be numbered consecutively on the bottom of the page. The trial court clerk shall certify each volume of the record. The index of the record shall be transmitted as a separate document.
Paper Transmission of the Appellate Record: Any appellate record submitted in paper format shall be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" white opaque paper with double spacing between each line of text and at least one inch margins. Compressed formats allowing more than one page of transcription to appear on a single page are not permitted. Voluminous paper records must be bound in separate parts containing no more than 250 pages per volume. All records and transcripts shall be in a type size no smaller than 12-point Courier font or 14-point Times New Roman. The pages of the record shall be numbered consecutively on the bottom of the page. The trial court clerk shall certify each volume of the record. The index of the record shall be transmitted as a separate document.
When the notice of appeal directs that transcripts of a trial or a hearing be included in the record, copies of all video or audio recordings that were introduced into evidence shall be transmitted to this Court along with the trial or hearing transcript. It shall be the responsibility of the party tendering the recordings at a trial or a hearing to ensure that a copy of the recording is included in the trial court record; however, it is the burden of the appealing party to ensure that a complete record is transmitted to this Court on appeal, including the transmission of video or audio recordings. If a transcript of a trial or a hearing is designated as part of the appellate record, the clerk of the trial court shall then include the copy of the recording in the appellate record transmitted to this Court. If a copy of a recording played at a trial or a hearing is not included with the transcript designated to be transmitted in the appellate record, this Court may take whatever action is necessary in order to ensure completion of the record, including, but not limited to, issuing a showcause order requiring an explanation of its absence. The appellant's failure to complete the record may also result in this Court declining to consider enumerations of error related to the missing evidence.
Copies of any video or audio recordings of evidence shall be submitted to this Court on DVD, on video or audio compact disc, USB or thumb drive, VHS or cassettes, and shall include any proprietary software necessary to play the recordings in conformance with Uniform Superior Court Rule 22.1.
In lieu of a printed transcript, the trial court may certify and transmit the transcript on a compact disc, so long as the other requirements for transcripts have been satisfied. Any transcript submitted on a compact disc shall be in a searchable PDF format.
Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 68