Rule 24. Form, Content, and Page Limitations

(a) Form and content. All briefs shall conform to the printing, copying, and style requirements of Rule 37, shall be legible, and shall be substantially as follows:

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Index of Brief

[See Rule 37(c)(1)]

Table of Cases, Statutes, and Other Authorities

Issue(s) Presented

[Set forth, in a concise statement, each issue granted review by the Court, raised in the certificate for review or mandatory review case, or presented in the petition for extraordinary relief, writ appeal petition, or petition for new trial.]

Statement of the Case

[Set forth a concise chronology including the results of the accused's trial, action by the convening authority, the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction (if any), and the Court of Criminal Appeals as well as other pertinent information regarding the proceedings, including, where applicable, the date the petition for review was granted.]

Statement of Facts

[Set forth a concise statement of the facts of the case material to the issue or issues presented, including specific page references to each relevant portion of the record of trial. Answers may adopt appellant's or petitioner's statement of facts if there is no dispute, may state additional facts, or, if there is a dispute, may restate the facts as they appear from appellee's or respondent's viewpoint. The repetition of uncontroverted matters is not desired.]

Summary of Argument

[Each brief and answer shall contain a summary of argument, suitably paragraphed to correspond to each issue presented. The summary should be a succinct, but accurate and clear condensation of the arguments made in the body of the brief.]

Argument

[Discuss briefly the point of law presented, citing and quoting such authorities as are deemed pertinent. The argument must also include for each issue presented a statement of the applicable standard of review. The standard of review may appear in the discussion of each issue or under a separate heading.]

Conclusion

[State the relief sought as to each issue presented, for example, reversal of the Court of Criminal Appeals decision and dismissal of the charges, grant of a new trial, the extraordinary relief sought, etc. No particular form of language is required, so long as the brief concludes with a clear prayer for specific Court action.]

Appendix

[The brief of the appellant or petitioner shall include an appendix containing a copy of the Court of Criminal Appeals decision, unpublished opinions cited in the brief, and relevant extracts of rules and regulations. The appellee or respondent shall similarly file an appendix containing a copy of any additional unpublished opinions and relevant extracts of rules and regulations cited in the answer.]

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certificate of filing and service

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was [mailed] [delivered] to the Court and [mailed] [delivered] to (enter name of each counsel of record) on ______. (Date)

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(b) Page limitations. Unless otherwise authorized by order of the Court or by motion of a party granted by the Court (see Rule 30), the page limitations for briefs filed with the Court, not including appendices, shall be as follows:

(1) Briefs of appellants/petitioners shall not exceed 50 pages;

(2) Answers of appellees/respondents shall not exceed 50 pages;

(3) Replies of appellants/petitioners shall not exceed 15 pages.

(As amended Oct. 1, 1987; Oct. 30, 1991, eff. Nov. 4, 1991; Mar. 3, 1992, eff. Apr. 1, 1992; Oct. 12, 1994; Feb. 27, 1996; Jan. 12, 1998, eff. Feb. 2, 1998; Jan. 20, 1999, eff. Feb. 1, 1999.)