SPRC 1
                       SCOPE OF RULES


 (a)  Except as otherwise stated, these rules apply to all stages of
proceedings in criminal cases in which the death penalty has been or
may be decreed.  These rules do not apply in any case in which
imposition of the death penalty is no longer possible.

   (b) Except when inconsistent with these rules, the Superior Court
Criminal Rules and the Rules of Appellate Procedure shall continue to
apply in capital cases.


[Adopted effective December 30, 1997; amended effective January 1, 2003.]