Art. 923 Duty of clerk as to final decisions in appellate court

When an appeals court makes a final decision on a criminal case, the clerk's office has a job to do. They must send an official, certified copy of that decision to the lower court where the case originally started.

Once the lower court gets this certified copy, two things happen. First, the court must file it as part of the official case record. Second, the court must carry out, or enforce, whatever the appeals court decided. This means the lower court cannot ignore or delay acting on the higher court's ruling once it officially receives it.

This process makes sure decisions from appeals courts actually get put into action. It creates a clear paper trail between the two courts, so there's no confusion about what was decided or whether the lower court knows about it. For anyone involved in a case, this rule explains how a final appeals court ruling actually reaches the original court and gets carried out.