When appeal to be taken; Fresh period rule

Sec. 6. When appeal to be taken. – An appeal must be taken within fifteen (15) days from promulgation of the judgment or from notice of  the  final  order  appealed  from.  This  period  for  perfecting  an appeal shall be suspended from the time a motion for new trial or reconsideration  is  filed  until  notice  of  the  order  overruling  the motion has been served upon the accused or his counsel at which time the balance of the period begins to run.
 
NOTE:    The  period  of  appeal  seems  to  have  been  amended  by  the  SC ruling in Domingo Neypes v. CA, GR 141524, September 14, 2005.
 
“To  standardize  the  appeal  periods  provided  in  the  Rules  and  to  afford litigants fair opportunity to appeal their cases, the Court deems it practical to allow a fresh period of 15 days within which to file the notice of appeal in the Regional Trial Court, counted from receipt of the order dismissing a motion for a new trial or motion for reconsideration.”
 
“Henceforth, this “fresh period rule” shall also apply to Rule 40 governing appeals from the Municipal Trial Courts to the Regional  Trial Courts; Rule 42  on  petitions  for  review  from  the  Regional  Trial  Courts  to  the  Court  of Appeals; Rule 43 on appeals from quasi-judicial agencies[31] to the Court of  Appeals  and  Rule  45  governing  appeals  by  certiorari  to  the  Supreme Court.[32]  The  new  rule  aims  to  regiment  or  make  the  appeal  period uniform,  to  be  counted  from  receipt  of  the  order  denying  the  motion  for new  trial,  motion  for  reconsideration  (whether  full  or  partial)  or  any  final order or resolution.”
 
Although the SC has made this ruling on a civil case, it is submitted that such  if  the  Court  has  applied  this  rule  to  all  other  appeals  involving  civil cases, with more reason should the defendant in a criminal case be given ample time to file his appeal.   
 

WHEN IS APPEAL PERFECTED?

     Appeals in criminal cases are perfected when the interested party or parties have personally or through their attorney filed with the clerk of court a written notice expressly stating the appeal
 

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF AN APPEAL?

     When  an  appeal  has  been  perfected,  the  court  a  quo  loses jurisdiction
 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPEAL OF A JUDGMENT AND THE APPEAL OF AN ORDER?

     The appeal from judgment must be perfected within 15 days from promulgation
     The appeal from an order should be perfected within 15 days from notice of final order