I. Any person charged with any violation or class B misdemeanor may, at least 5 days prior to trial, request the district or municipal court that a sound recording be kept of all proceedings in his trial. If such a request is made, the district or municipal court shall make the sound recording at no cost to the person requesting it.
II. A person sentenced by a district or municipal court for a violation or class B misdemeanor may, at the time the sentence is declared or within 30 days thereafter, appeal therefrom to the supreme court. On any such appeal, the district or municipal court shall, at no cost to the person, provide to the supreme court the sound recording requested under paragraph I.
Source. 1983, 382:18. 1985, 341:8. 1993, 190:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.