(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 (including fees) 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 (including fees), the execution of the sentence as to the fine and costs (including fees) 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. Amended by P.L.106-2010, SEC.13.