Court Rules

Chapter 18

  • Appendix. Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals

    • Section I

      • Rule 1.0 Scope of Rules
      • Rule 1.1 Time of Convening
      • Rule 1.2 Methods For Bringing Appeals and Original Actions
      • Rule 1.3 Records - Withdrawal
      • Rule 1.4 Computation of Time for Appeal
      • Rule 1.5 Clerk's Office Closed
      • Rule 1.6 Non-Resident Attorneys; Recognition
      • Rule 1.7 Communication to be Addressed to Clerk
      • Rule 1.8 Notice; Sufficiency
      • Rule 1.9 Required Number of Copies; Pleadings and Motions; Service
      • Rule 1.10 Filing Fees
      • Rule 1.11 Application in Forma Pauperis
      • Rule 1.12 Form of Affidavit in Forma Pauperis
      • Rule 1.13 Definitions
      • Rule 1.14 Qualification Rule for Determination of Indigency; Notification; Trial Counsel Responsibility
      • Rule 1.15 Use of Court Reporter's Transcripts and Recordings by Appellate Indigent Defender
      • Rule 1.16 Application of Appellant to Proceed With Appeal Pro Se

    • Section II

      • Rule 2.1 Initiating an Appeal (Motion for New Trial, Commencement of Appeal, Filing of Appeal Records, Appeals by the State, Appeals Out of Time)
      • Rule 2.2 Form and Contents of Record
      • Rule 2.3 Time for Completion of Record
      • Rule 2.4 Filing of Record
      • Rule 2.5 Notice of Intent to Appeal; Designation of Record
      • Rule 2.6 Internet
      • Rule 2.7 Procedures for Sealing Record

    • Section III

      • Rule 3.1 Contents of Petition in Error; Filing
      • Rule 3.2 Instruments to Be Filed to Complete the Appeal
      • Rule 3.3 Joinder of Appellants
      • Rule 3.4 Briefs; Service and Filing
      • Rule 3.5 Briefs; Contents; Citation of Authorities
      • Rule 3.6 Failure to Appeal or File Briefs; Duty of Counsel; Scope of Review
      • Rule 3.7 Contempt of Court, What Constitutes
      • Rule 3.8 Assignment for Oral Argument; Notice
      • Rule 3.9 Argument; Opening and Closing; Time
      • Rule 3.10 Motion; Requisites
      • Rule 3.11 Supplementation of Record
      • Rule 3.12 Monitoring Appeal Time; Motion to Dismiss; Notification; Remands For Evidentiary Hearings
      • Rule 3.13 Opinions; Definition of Votes
      • Rule 3.14 Rehearing; Requisites of Petition
      • Rule 3.15 Mandate; Stay; Further Petition for Rehearing
      • Rule 3.16 Notification of Mandate
      • Rule 3.17 Motion to Abate Appeal

    • Section IV

      • Rule 4.1 Mandatory Form for Plea of Guilty Summary of Facts
      • Rule 4.2 Requirements for Commencement of Certiorari Appeal
      • Rule 4.3 Time for Lodging Appeal; Record of Proceedings; Contents of Petition in Error; Briefs
      • Rule 4.4 Service of Petition and Brief in Support on District Attorney and Attorney General
      • Rule 4.5 Bail Pending Decision on Certiorari Appeal
      • Rule 4.6 Oral Argument, Opinions, Rehearing and Issuance of Mandate

    • Section V

      • Rule 5.1 Purpose of Procedures
      • Rule 5.2 Appeal from Final Judgment
      • Rule 5.3 Duties of Court Clerks and Court Reporters
      • Rule 5.4 Duties of the Judge of the District Court
      • Rule 5.5 Final Order; Exhaustion of State Remedies
      • Rule 5.6 Form for Application for Post-Conviction Relief

    • Section VI

    • Section VII

      • Rule 7.1 Courts from Which Appeals are Lodged
      • Rule 7.2 Notice of Intent to Appeal
      • Rule 7.3 Time for Perfecting Appeal; Extension Request; Record of Proceedings
      • Rule 7.4 Duties of Court Clerk
      • Rule 7.5 Petition in Error; Time for Filing; Contents; Brief
      • Rule 7.6 Oral Argument; Opinions; Rehearing; Issuance of Mandate
      • Rule 7.7 Stay of Proceedings

    • Section VIII

      • Rule 8.1 Judicial Hearings
      • Rule 8.2 Immediate Confinement on Refusal or Neglect to Pay Fine and/or Costs
      • Rule 8.3 Ordering Installment Payments and Fixing the Date
      • Rule 8.4 Failure to Make Installment Payments When Due
      • Rule 8.5 Inability to Pay Installments Because of Physical Disability or Poverty
      • Rule 8.6 Change of Conditions; Incarceration for Failure to Appear or Satisfy Fine and/or Costs
      • Rule 8.7 Court Reporter; Judicial Order Reduced to Writing and Filed of Record; Contents of Order
      • Rule 8.8 Direct Appeal from an Order of Detention and Scope of Appeal

    • Section IX

      • Rule 9.1 Applicable Provisions
      • Rule 9.2 Notice of Intent to Appeal; Petition in Error; Stenographic Record; Trial Judge's Report; Duties of Trial Court Clerk
      • Rule 9.3 Briefs; Time Limitations; Oral Argument
      • Rule 9.4 Mandatory Sentence Review; Time for Disposition
      • Rule 9.5 Stays
      • Rule 9.6 Appeals from Resentencing
      • Rule 9.7 Post-Conviction Procedures in Capital Cases

    • Section X

      • Rule 10.1 Types of Extraordinary Writs; Jurisdiction; Duties of District Court Clerk
      • Rule 10.2 Ten-Day Rule
      • Rule 10.3 Notice
      • Rule 10.4 Oral Argument, Response, Disposition, Evidentiary Hearing
      • Rule 10.5 Perfecting a Petition for Extraordinary Writ
      • Rule 10.6 Requirements for Particular Writs

    • Section XI

      • Rule 11.1 Creation of an Accelerated Docket
      • Rule 11.2 Automatic Assignment of Certain Cases to the Accelerated Docket
      • Rule 11.3 Application for Accelerated Docket in Cases Not Included Above
      • Rule 11.4 Cases Not Eligible for Placement on the Accelerated Docket
      • Rule 11.5 Forms to be Used Relative to the Accelerated Docket

    • Section XII

    • Section XIII

    • Section XIV

      • Rule 14.1 Expungement of Criminal Appellate Records
      • Rule 14.2 Application for Expungement
      • Rule 14.3 Inspection of Expunged Criminal Appellate Records

    • Section XV

      • Rule 15.1 Purpose and Procedural Format
      • Rule 15.2 Scope of Appeal
      • Rule 15.3 Time for Appeal, Petition in Error, Briefs, and Service
      • Rule 15.4 Notice of Appeal, Preparation of Record on Appeal, and Duties of Trial Judge, District Court Clerk, and Court Reporter
      • Rule 15.5 Petitions for Rehearing

    • Section XVI