Memorandum

To:	Sherrie Welch
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Revised Court of Appeals Rules
Date:	June 23, 1998

Attached please find a copy of our revised rules. Probably the biggest substantive change is contained in Rule 30(d) and Rule 31(d). In essence, a granted application no longer is a free ride on filing the brief in the direct appeal. I am not really sure why we gave them a free ride after the granted application since we do the same amount of work whether the application has been granted or denied in docketing a new appeal.

I welcome any comments you may have about our rules.

Thank you.

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