Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules

Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules - 20090221

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

Joint Procedure Committee,
Petitioner,
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) PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF COURT RULES

TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:

The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under N.D.R.Proc.R. § 3, for an order adopting the following proposals:

North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure

Rule 11 - Pleas
Rule 32 - Sentence and Judgment
Rule 43 - Defendant's Presence
Rule 48 - Dismissal

North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure

Rule 24 - Supplemental Brief of Indigent Defendant

North Dakota Rules of Court

Rule 1.1 - Scope
Rule 4.2 - Notice to Interested Parties
Rule 8.12 - Notice in Action to Terminate Parental Rights

This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.

Dated July 31, 2009.

Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:

Honorable Georgia Dawson Mr. Larry L. Boschee
Honorable M. Richard Geiger Mr. Daniel J. Dunn
Honorable John E. Greenwood Mr. Robert Hoy
Honorable Debbie Gordon Kleven Mr. Galen J. Mack
Honorable William W. McLees Mr. Richard H. McGee
Honorable David W. Nelson Asst. Dean Jeanne McLean
Honorable David E. Reich Ms. Joanne Hager Ottmar
Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck
Honorable Thomas J. Schneider Mr. Bruce D. Quick
Mr. Kent Reierson

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Justice Mary Muehlen Maring
Chair

Honorable Georgia Dawson	Mr. Larry L. Boschee
Honorable M. Richard Geiger	Mr. Daniel J. Dunn

Honorable John E. Greenwood	Mr. Robert Hoy
Honorable Debbie Gordon Kleven	Mr. Galen J. Mack
Honorable William W. McLees	Mr. Richard H. McGee
Honorable David W. Nelson	Asst. Dean Jeanne McLean
Honorable David E. Reich	Ms. Joanne Hager Ottmar
Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger	Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck
Honorable Thomas J. Schneider	Mr. Bruce D. Quick
	Mr. Kent Reierson