Transcription of Pleas, Sentences, and Revocation Hearings in Felony, Gross

Misdemeanor, and Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile Proceedings, and Grand Jury Proceedings The following provisions relate to all pleas, sentences, and revocation hearings in all felony, gross misdemeanor, and extended jurisdiction juvenile proceedings, and all grand jury proceedings. Grand jury proceedings are secret as provided in Minn. R. Crim. P. 18 and this rule must be construed to maintain secrecy in accordance with that rule. (a) Court reporters and operators of electronic recording equipment shall file the stenographic notes or tape recordings of guilty plea, or sentencing and revocation hearings with the court administrator within 90 days of sentencing, and the stenographic notes or tape recordings of grand jury proceedings shall be filed with the court administrator and maintained in a nonpublic portion of the file at the conclusion of grand jury hearings. The reporter or operator may retrieve the notes or recordings if necessary. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 486.03, is superseded to the extent that it conflicts with this procedure. (b) All original grand jury transcripts shall be filed within 60 days of request by the court or prosecutor or receipt of an order from the appropriate court directing transcription and shall be made available to parties other than the court or prosecutor only in accordance with that court order. Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE 328 MINNESOTA COURT RULES The court administrator must file and maintain all grand jury transcripts in a nonpublic portion of the file. The court may allow extension of this 60-day deadline upon a showing of good cause. (c) No charge may be assessed for preparation of a transcript for the district court's own use; any other person ordering a transcript as allowed under the rules shall be at the expense of that person. Transcripts ordered by the defendant or defense counsel shall be prepaid except when the defendant is represented by the public defender or assigned counsel, or when the defendant makes a sufficient affidavit of an inability to pay and the court orders that the defendant be supplied with the transcript at the expense of the appropriate governmental unit. (d) If no district court file exists with respect to a grand jury proceeding, the administrator shall open a grand jury file upon the request of the prosecutor. (e) The maximum rate charged for the transcription of any proceeding shall be established, until July 1, 2005, by the Conference of Chief Judges, and thereafter by the Judicial Council. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 486.06, is superseded to the extent that it conflicts with this procedure. (Added effective January 1, 2005; amended effective January 1, 2010.) Advisory Committee Comment - 2004 Amendment