IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF PROCEDURAL COURT RULES |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under Section 3, NDRPR, for an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 4 - Persons Subject to Jurisdiction--Process--Service
Rule 5- Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
Rule 38 - Jury Trial of Right
Rule 50 - Judgment as a Matter of Law in Jury Trials
Rule 52 - Findings by the Court
Rule 54 - Judgment--Costs
Rule 59 - New Trials-Amendment of Judgments
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 5.1 - Preliminary Examination
Rule 17.1 - Omnibus Hearing and Pretrial Conference
Rule 33 - New Trial
Rule 43 - Presence of the Defendant
Form 7 - Criminal Judgment and Commitment
Form 7 - Criminal Judgment and Commitment
Form 7(a) - Criminal Judgment and Commitment [Partial Suspension]
Form 7 (b) - Criminal Judgment and Commitment [Suspended Execution of Sentence]
Form 8 - Order Deferring Imposition of Sentence
North Dakota Rules of Evidence Rule 412 - Admissibility of Alleged Victim's Sexual Behavior or Alleged Sexual Predisposition in Criminal Proceeding
Rule 804 - Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 2.1 - Mental Health Appeals Under Chapter 25-03.1, North Dakota Century Code
Rule 4 - Appeal--When Taken
Rule 10 - The Record on Appeal
Rule 30 - Appendix to the Briefs
Rule 35.1 - Summary Disposition
North Dakota Rules of Court Rule 6.7 - Juror Note Taking
Rule 6.8 - Examination of Witnesses
North Dakota Administrative Rules Rule 39 - Recording District Court Trials and Proceedings, and Preparing Transcripts
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopses of the proposals.
Dated July 3, 1997.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
Honorable Wallace D. Berning
Professor Larry Kraft
Honorable Donovan Foughty
Mr. Lynn M. Boughey
Honorable Gail Hagerty
Mr. Michael R. Hoffman
Honorable Ronald L. Hilden
Mr. John C. Kapsner
Honorable Maurice R. Hunke
Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz
Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc
Mr. Ronald H. McLean
Honorable Mikal Simonson
Ms. Patricia R. Monson
Honorable Kirk Smith
Ms. Sherry Mills Moore
Honorable James A. Wright
Mr. James T. Odegard
Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz
/s/ Dale V. Sandstrom
Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair