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1. How many copies do I need to give the court?
The Supreme Court requires an original and seven copies of most documents filed
in this court. The exceptions are: 1) Petitions to change rules and cases
involving attorney discipline and admission - file an original and six copies;
2) Appendices in civil and criminal petitions for review - file an original and
2 copies; 3) Appendices in death penalty post conviction cases – file an
original and 1 copy.
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2. What color does the cover of my brief have to be and what does it mean to
bind the brief?
Rule 14, Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure and Rule 31.13(b), Criminal
Procedure, discuss briefs’ color, form and size. Opening briefs are blue,
response briefs are red, reply briefs are grey and the brief of an intervenor or
an amicus is green. The binding for briefs submitted in paper should be bound in
the top margin by a two-pronged fastener. If your case has any
electronically-filed documents, no adhesive bindings or bindings using numerous
holes should be used on paper copies given to the court.
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3. How do I get copies of oral argument?
Some oral arguments are recorded on tape. For these cases you can
submit a new 90 minute cassette tape to the Clerk’s Office and a copy will be
made. The Clerk’s Office has begun recording some oral arguments digitally. For
these cases, you can submit a non-rewritable CD to the Clerk’s Office and a copy
will be made for you. Please call the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office at
602-452-3396, to ask in which format your case is recorded. In April, 2007, the
court began video recording oral argument. You can download these arguments from
the Supreme Court web site at
http://www.azcourts.gov/AZSupremeCourt/LiveArchivedVideo.aspx .
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