Section 1.7 Record

• Library: App Ct Prac 2015 Supp

5. (§1.7) Record

The error must be on the record to be considered on appeal. Although this sounds obvious, many times it is a difficult problem in practice. If the judge’s adverse ruling or admission of bias was off the record, the ruling or remark simply does not exist as far as the appellate courts are concerned. Sometimes conferences in chambers include...