IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | 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 Civil Procedure
Rule 52 - Findings by the Court
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 44 - Right to and Appointment of Counsel
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated September 29, 2003.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman | Professor Linda Bata |
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. Galen J. Mack |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Mr. Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair