RULES OF COURT
| IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO RAP 16.22 AND GR 1 | ) ) ) | ORDER NO. 25700-A-647 |
Now, therefore, it is hereby
ORDERED:
(a) That the amendments as attached hereto are adopted.
(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendments will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.
DATED at Olympia, Washington this 4th day of February, 1999.
| Richard P. Guy | |
| Durham, J. | Alexander, J. |
| Smith, J. | Madsen, J. |
| Johnson, J. | Sanders, J. |
| Talmadge, J. | Ireland, J. |
FILING OF BRIEFS IN CAPITAL CASES
(b) The personal restraint petition shall be filed within 180 days after the appointment of counsel or the court's determination that counsel will not be appointed. The response to a personal restraint petition shall be filed within 120 days after service of the petition.
(c) A brief of appellant or respondent, or a brief in support of or opposition to a personal restraint petition, shall not exceed 250 pages. A reply brief, a pro se supplemental brief, or the response to a pro se supplemental brief, shall not exceed 75 pages.
(d) If legal arguments are included in a personal restraint petition or the response to a personal restraint petition, no separate brief may be filed. A petition or response that contains legal arguments may not exceed 300 pages. The petition or response shall comply with RAP 10.4(a).
(e) The clerk will retain but not formally file a brief, petition, or response that exceeds these page limits, except on prior order of the court. Such an order will only be granted for compelling reasons. The clerk will not file a brief, petition, or response that violates the format requirements of RAP 10.4(a), if a properly formatted brief would violate the page limits. The clerk shall direct the party whose document has been rejected for formal filing to correct the deficiencies within a specified time period.
(f) For the purpose of determining compliance with this rule, appendices, the title sheet, table of contents, and table of authorities are not included.
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR COURT RULES
PART I: RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
| General Rules | GR |
| Code of Judicial Conduct | CJC |
| Discipline Rules for Judges | DRJ |
| Board for Judicial Administration Rules | BJAR |
| Rules of Professional Conduct | RPC |
| Admission to Practice Rules | APR |
| Rules for Lawyer Discipline | RLD |
| Judicial Information System Committee Rules | JISCR |
| Rules of Evidence | ER |
| Supreme Court Administrative Rules | SAR |
| Court of Appeals Administrative Rules | CAR |
| Rules of Appellate Procedure | RAP |
| Superior Court Administrative Rules | AR |
| Superior Court Civil Rules | CR |
| Superior Court Mandatory Arbitration Rules | MAR |
| Superior Court Special Proceedings Rules | SPR |
| Superior Court Criminal Rules | CrR |
| Superior Court Special Proceeding Rules --Criminal . . . . . . . . . . . . | SPCR |
| Superior Court Mental Proceedings Rules | MPR |
| Juvenile Court Rules | JuCR |
| Administrative Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | ARLJ |
| Rules for Appeal of Decisions of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | RALJ |
| Civil Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | CRLJ |
| Criminal Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | CrRLJ |
| Infraction Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | IRLJ |
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.