Short answer. Yes. Rule 122, Section 11(c) of the Rules of Court provides that upon perfection of the appeal, execution of the judgment or final order appealed from is stayed as to the appealing party. So once your appeal is perfected, carrying out your sentence is paused while the appeal is pending.
What the law says
Upon perfection of the appeal, the execution of the judgment or final order appealed from shall be stayed as to the appealing party.
Rule 122, Section 11 — Effect of appeal by any of several accused. Read the full provision →
What the law says
An appeal taken by one or more of several accused shall not affect those who did not appeal, except insofar as the judgment of the appellate court is favorable and applicable to the latter.
Rule 122, Section 11 — Effect of appeal by any of several accused. Read the full provision →
Perfecting your appeal stays execution of your sentence
Section 11 states the rule you are asking about directly: upon perfection of the appeal, the execution of the judgment or final order appealed from shall be stayed as to the appealing party. Once your appeal reaches that point of perfection, carrying out the sentence against you is put on hold. The judgment is not enforced against you while the appellate court still has your case before it.
Why the rule says 'as to the appealing party'
The stay is tied specifically to the person who appealed. In a case with several accused, an appeal by one does not automatically pause anything for a co-accused who did not appeal: an appeal taken by one or more of several accused shall not affect those who did not appeal, except insofar as the judgment of the appellate court is favorable and applicable to the latter. If you are the one who perfected the appeal, it is your own sentence that is stayed under this section, not necessarily anyone else's.
What 'perfection of the appeal' requires
The stay only takes effect once the appeal has actually been perfected, meaning the appeal has to reach the point the rules recognize as complete before the stay applies. This article does not itself walk through every step involved in perfecting an appeal. Until that point is reached, the judgment against you is not yet protected by this stay, so it matters that the appeal is properly perfected, not merely filed or announced.
A pause, not a reversal of your conviction
It is worth being clear about what the stay does and does not do. It pauses the execution of the sentence while the appeal is pending; it does not undo the conviction or reduce the penalty on its own. The appellate court still has to decide the appeal, and only that decision, not the stay itself, will determine whether your conviction or sentence ultimately changes.