La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 917
Current with changes from the 2024 First and Second Extraordinary Sessions
The clerk of the trial court shall prepare the record on appeal and lodge it with the appellate court on or before the return date or any extension thereof. The clerk of the trial court shall prepare the record in accordance with the rules of the appellate court. Failure of the Clerk to prepare and lodge the record on appeal either correctly or timely shall not prejudice the appeal, unless such defect or delay is imputable to the appellant.
La. Cr.P. § 917