WSR 16-23-012
RULES OF COURT
STATE SUPREME COURT
[November 2, 2016]
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RAP 9.2(b)—CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSE FOR INDIGENT PARTY
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ORDER
NO. 25700-A-1157
The Office of Public Defense, having recommended the adoption of the Proposed Amendment to RAP 9.2(b)—Claim for Payment of Expense for Indigent Party, and the Court having considered the amendments and comments submitted thereto, and having determined that the proposed amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;
Now, therefore, it is hereby
ORDERED:
(a) That the amendment as shown below is adopted.
(b) That the amendment will be published in the Washington Reports and will become effective September 1, 2017.
DATED at Olympia, Washington this 2nd day of November, 2016.
 
 
Madsen, C.J.
Johnson, J.
 
Wiggins, J.
Owens, J.
 
Gonzalez, J.
Fairhurst, J.
 
Gordon McCloud, J.
Stephens, J.
 
Yu, J.
 
 
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT
RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE (RAP)
RULE 9.2—VERBATIM REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
RAP 9.2
VERBATIM REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
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(b) Content. A party should arrange for the transcription of all those portions of the verbatim report of proceedings necessary to present the issues raised on review. A verbatim report of proceedings provided at public expense will should not include the voir dire examination or opening statements unless appellate counsel has reason to believe those sections are relevant to the appeal or they are requested by the client for preparing a Statement of Additional Grounds so ordered by the trial court. If the party seeking review intends to urge that a verdict or finding of fact is not supported by the evidence, the party should include in the record all evidence relevant to the disputed verdict or finding. If the party seeking review intends to urge that the court erred in giving or failing to give an instruction, the party should include in the record all of the instructions given, the relevant instructions proposed, the party's objections to the instructions given, and the court's ruling on the objections.
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