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                                   RULE 9.6
                  DESIGNATION OF CLERK'S PAPERS AND EXHIBITS


 (a) Generally. The party seeking review should, within 30 days after the
notice of appeal is filed or discretionary review is granted, serve on all
other parties and file with the trial court clerk and the appellate court clerk
a designation of those clerk's papers and exhibits the party wants the trial
court clerk to transmit to the appellate court. A copy of the designation shall
also be filed with the appellate court clerk.  Any party may supplement the
designation of clerk's papers and exhibits prior to or with the filing of the
party's last brief. Thereafter, a party may supplement the designation only by
order of the appellate court, upon motion. Each party is encouraged to
designate only clerk's papers and exhibits needed to review the issues
presented to the appellate court.

 (b) Designation and Contents.

    (1) The clerk's papers shall include, at a minimum:

      (A) the notice of appeal or the notice for discretionary review;

      (B) the indictment, information, or complaint in a criminal case;

      (C) any written order or ruling not attached to the notice of appeal, of
which a party seeks review;

      (D) the final pretrial order, or the final complaint and answer or other
pleadings setting out the issues to be tried if the final pretrial order does
not set out those issues;

      (E) any written opinion, findings of fact or conclusions of law;

      (F) any jury instruction given or refused that presents an issue on appeal; and

      (G) any order sealing documents if sealed documents have been designated.

    (2) Each designation or supplement shall specify the full title of thepleading,
the date filed, and, in counties where subnumbers are used, the clerk's subnumber.

    (3) Each designation of exhibits shall include the trial court clerk's list
of exhibits and shall specify the exhibit number and the description of the
exhibit to be transmitted.

(c) Format.

    (1) Full copies of all designated pleadings shall be included, unless the
trial court orders otherwise.

    (2) The trial court clerk shall number the papers sequentially from
beginning to end, including any supplemental clerk's papers, regardless of
which party designated them.

    (3) The trial court clerk shall make available a copy of the clerk's papers
transmitted to the appellate court to any party, upon payment of the trial
court clerk's reasonable expenses.  If the trial court clerk generates the
clerk's papers in electronic format, the trial court clerk shall make available
to any party a copy of the clerk's papers in electronic format, upon payment of
the trial court clerk's reasonable expenses.


[Amended effective September 1, 2006; amended effective September 1, 2010]
	

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