Stay of execution of sentence
Sec. 6. (a) An appeal to the supreme court or to the court of
appeals from a judgment of conviction does not stay the execution of
the sentence, unless:
(1) the punishment is to be death; or
(2) the judgment is for a fine and costs only, in which case the
execution of the sentence may be stayed by an order of the
court.
(b) If the punishment is to be imprisonment and a fine and costs,
the execution of the sentence as to the fine and costs only may be
stayed by the court.
(c) In the case of an appeal from a judgment in a capital case, the
order of suspension must specify the day until which the execution
of the sentence is stayed.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.3.
Last modified: May 24, 2006