Arizona

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Procedure

Rule 33.8 – Transcription Preparation

(a) Request for Transcripts. If the verbal record of trial court proceedings was not transcribed, the defendant may request that certified transcripts be prepared. The court or clerk must provide a form for the defendant to make this request.
(b) Orders Regarding Transcripts. The court must promptly review the defendant’s request and order the preparation of only those transcripts it deems necessary for resolving issues the defendant has specified in the notice.
(c) Deadlines. The defendant’s deadline for filing a petition is extended by the time between the defendant’s request and either the transcripts’ final preparation or the court’s denial of the request. Certified transcripts must be prepared and filed no later than 60 days after the entry of an order granting the defendant’s request for transcripts.
(d) Cost. If the defendant is indigent, the transcripts must be prepared at county expense.
(e) Unavailability of Transcripts. If a transcript is unavailable, the parties may proceed in accordance with Rule 31.8(e) or Rule 31.8(f).

Ariz. R. Crim. P. 33.8