HOW TO GET YOUR RECORDS ON

GUILTY PLEAS/BLIND PLEAS/NOLO CONTENDERE OR "NO CONTEST" PLEAS

         To get the court records regarding your plea and sentencing

procedures you must write a letter to the Court Clerk of the

District Court in the County in which your received your sentence

and request a copy of the following documents:

(1) Felony Information Sheets, to include any 2nd Page listing

    Prior Felony Convictions;

(2) Judgment and Sentence;

(3) Summary Of Facts - On Guilty Plea/Blind Plea/or

    Nolo Contenders Plea;

(4) Criminal Docket Sheets.

         In your letter to the Court Clerk you must give your name and

the case number of the documents your interested in.

         Address a stamped envelope to the Court Clerk of the court

in which you received your sentence. (You can get the name and

address of the Court Clerk from the law library by filling out a

"Request To Staff"). DO NOT SEAL THE ENVELOPE.

         Once you have written the letter, place it into the unsealed

envelope and contact your case manager to inform him or her that

you wish to send a $15.00 Check to the Court Clerk for the legal

documents you have requested in your letter. (UNLESS YOU PLEAD

GUILTY TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CASE NUMBERS IN A SINGLE

 PROCEEDING, IT WILL COST YOU APPROXIMATELY $15.00 PER CASE NUMBER

TO GET THE ABOVE MENTIONED DOCUMENTS .

         DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY UNTIL THEY TELL YOU HOW MUCH TO SEND.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET IT FREE.

         PLEASE NOTE: THAT UNLESS YOUR TRIAL ATTORNEY FILED THE

NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO INITIATE AN APPEAL IN YOUR CASE THERE ARE

NO TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS OF YOUR PLEA AND SENTENCING PROCEEDINGS. AS

A GENERAL RULE, TRANSCRIPTS ARE MADE ONLY AFTER AN APPEAL HAS

BEEN REQUESTED AND ONLY AFTER YOUR TRIAL ATTORNEY HAS FILED THE

REQUIRED "NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAL AND DESIGNATION OF RECORDS"

IN YOUR CASE. THUS, IF NO APPEAL WAS FILED IN YOUR CASE THE

ABOVE MENTION DOCUMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE RECORDS YOU

CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE IN YOUR CASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.