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		Rule 1.0 Scope of Rules
		Rule 1.1 Time of Convening
		Rule 1.2 Methods of Appeal
		Rule 1.3 Records; Withdrawal
		Rule 1.4 Computation of Time for Appeal
		Rule 1.5 Clerk's Office Closed
		Rule 1.6 Non-Resident Attorneys; Recognition
		Rule 1.7 Communication to be Addressed to Clerk
		Rule 1.8 Notice; Sufficiency
		Rule 1.9 Required Number of Copies; Pleadings and Motions; Service
		Rule 1.10 Filing Fees
		Rule 1.11 Application in Forma Pauperis Rule 1.12 Form of Affidavit in Forma Pauperis Rule 1.13 Definitions
		Rule 1.14 Qualification Rule for Determination of Indigency; Notification; Trial Counsel Responsibility
		Rule 1.15 Use of Court Reporter's Transcripts and Recordings by Appellate Indigent Defender
		Rule 1.16 Application of Appellant to Proceed With Appeal Pro Se
		Rule 2.1 Initiating an Appeal (Motion for New Trial, Commencement of Appeal, Filing of Appeal Records, Appeals by the State, Appeals Out of Time)
		Rule 2.2 Form and Contents of Record
		Rule 2.3 Time for Completion of Record
		Rule 2.4 Filing of Record
		Rule 2.5 Notice of Intent to Appeal; Designation of Record
		Rule 3.1 Contents of Petition in Error; Filing
		Rule 3.2 Instruments to Be Filed to Complete the Appeal
		Rule 3.3 Joinder of Appellants
		Rule 3.4 Briefs; Service and Filing
		Rule 3.5 Briefs; Contents; Citation of Authorities
		Rule 3.6 Failure to Appeal or File Briefs; Duty of Counsel; Scope of Review
		Rule 3.7 Contempt of Court, What Constitutes
		Rule 3.8 Assignment for Oral Argument; Notice
		Rule 3.9 Argument; Opening and Closing; Time
		Rule 3.10 Motion; Requisites
		Rule 3.11 Supplementation of Record
		Rule 3.12 Monitoring Appeal Time; Motion to Dismiss; Notification; Remands For Evidentiary Hearings
		Rule 3.13 Opinions; Definition of Votes
		Rule 3.14 Rehearing; Requisites of Petition
		Rule 3.15 Mandate; Stay
		Rule 3.16 Notification of Mandate
		Rule 4.1 Mandatory Form for Plea of Guilty Summary of Facts
		Rule 4.2 Requirements for Commencement of Certiorari Appeal
		Rule 4.3 Time for Lodging Appeal; Record of Proceedings; Contents of Petition in Error; Briefs
		Rule 4.4 Service of Petition and Brief in Support on District Attorney and Attorney General
		Rule 4.5 Bail Pending Decision on Certiorari Appeal
		Rule 4.6 Oral Argument, Opinions, Rehearing and Issuance of Mandate
		Rule 5.1 Purpose of Procedures
		Rule 5.2 Appeal from Final Judgment
		Rule 5.3 Duties of Court Clerks and Court Reporters
		Rule 5.4 Duties of the Judge of the District Court
		Rule 5.5 Final Order; Exhaustion of State Remedies
		Rule 5.6 Form for Application for Post-Conviction Relief
		Rule 6.1 Commencement of Appeal
		Rule 7.1 Courts from Which Appeals are Lodged
		Rule 7.2 Notice of Intent to Appeal
		Rule 7.3 Time for Perfecting Appeal; Extension Request; Record of Proceedings
		Rule 7.4 Duties of Court Clerk
		Rule 7.5 Petition in Error; Time for Filing; Contents; Brief
		Rule 7.6 Oral Argument; Opinions; Rehearing; Issuance of Mandate
		Rule 7.7 Stay of Proceedings
		Rule 8.1 Judicial Hearings
		Rule 8.2 Immediate Confinement on Refusal or Neglect to Pay Fine and/or Costs
		Rule 8.3 Ordering Installment Payments and Fixing the Date
		Rule 8.4 Failure to Make Installment Payments When Due
		Rule 8.5 Inability to Pay Installments Because of Physical Disability or Poverty
		Rule 8.6 Change of Conditions; Incarceration for Failure to Appear or Satisfy Fine and/or Costs
		Rule 8.7 Court Reporter; Judicial Order Reduced to Writing and Filed of Record; Contents of Order
		Rule 8.8 Direct Appeal from an Order of Detention and Scope of Appeal
		Rule 9.1 Applicable Provisions
		Rule 9.2 Notice of Intent to Appeal; Petition in Error; Stenographic Record; Trial Judge's Report; Duties of Trial Court Clerk
		Rule 9.3 Briefs; Time Limitations; Oral Argument
		Rule 9.4 Mandatory Sentence Review; Time for Disposition
		Rule 9.5 Stays
		Rule 9.6 Appeals from Resentencing
		Rule 9.7 Post-Conviction Procedures in Capital Cases
		Rule 10.1 Types of Extraordinary Writs; Jurisdiction
		Rule 10.2 Ten-Day Rule
		Rule 10.3 Notice
		Rule 10.4 Oral Argument, Response, Disposition, Evidentiary Hearing
		Rule 10.5 Perfecting an Application for Extraordinary Writ
		Rule 10.6 Requirements for Particular Writs
		Rule 11.1 Creation of an Accelerated Docket
		Rule 11.2 Automatic Assignment of Certain Cases to the Accelerated Docket
		Rule 11.3 Application for Accelerated Docket in Cases not Included Above
		Rule 11.4 Cases Not Eligible for Placement on the Accelerated Docket
		Rule 11.5 Forms to Be Used Relative to the Accelerated Docket
		Rule 12.1 Powers of the Division; Purpose of Rules
		Rule 12.2 Activation and Appointment of Division Panels
		Rule 12.3 Assignment of Cases to Panels
		Rule 12.4 Communications to Be Addressed to Clerk
		Rule 12.5 Monitoring Cases Assigned to Emergency Appellate Division
		Rule 12.6 Disqualification of Judges Assigned to Panels of the Emergency Appellate Division
		Rule 12.7 Disposition of Cases Assigned to Emergency Appellate Division
		Rule 12.8 Recall
		Rule 12.9 Petition for Rehearing
		Rule 12.10 Petition for Review
		Rule 12.11 Mandate
		Rule 12.12 Publication and Citation
		Rule 13.0 Mandatory Forms to be Utilized in Criminal Cases in the State of Oklahoma
		Form 13.1 Motion to Check Out Material
		Form 13.2 Affidavit in Forma Pauperis
		Form 13.3 Pauper's Affidavit
		Form 13.4 Notice of Intent to Appeal
		Form 13.5 Certification of Appeal Rights
		Form 13.6 Application to Proceed Pro Se on Direct Appeal
		Form 13.7 Order Allowing Defendant to Proceed Pro Se on Appeal
		Form 13.8 Uniform Judgment and Sentence
		Form 13.9 Certificate of Original Record
		Form 13.10 Uniform Plea of Guilty--Summary of Facts
		Form 13.11 Application for Post Conviction Relief
		Form 13.11a Application for Post-Conviction Relief--Death Penalty
		Form 13.12 Report of Trial Judge in Capital Felony
		Form 13.13 Accelerated Docket Waiver
		Form 13.14 Application for Accelerated Docket
		Form 13.15 Response to Application for Accelerated Docket
	Court Forms
		Form 13.1 Motion to Check Out Material
		Form 13.2 Affidavit in Forma Pauperis
		Form 13.3 Pauper's Affidavit
		Form 13.4 Notice of Intent to Appeal
		Form 13.5 Certification of Appeal Rights
		Form 13.6 Application to Proceed Pro Se on Direct Appeal
		Form 13.7 Order Allowing Defendant to Proceed Pro Se on Appeal
		Form 13.8 Uniform Judgment and Sentence
		Form 13.9 Certificate of Original Record
		Form 13.10 Uniform Plea of Guilty--Summary of Facts
		Form 13.11 Application for Post Conviction Relief
		Form 13.11a Application for Post-Conviction Relief--Death Penalty
		Form 13.12 Report of Trial Judge in Capital Felony
		Form 13.13 Accelerated Docket Waiver
		Form 13.14 Application for Accelerated Docket
		Form 13.15 Response to Application for Accelerated Docket
	Clerk Notice to Attorneys
	Jury Instructions
		CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY INSTRUCTIONS
		CHAPTER 2. ATTEMPT, CONSPIRACY, PARTIES, ETC. LIST OF CONTENTS
		CHAPTER 3. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
		CHAPTER 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
		CHAPTER 5. CRIMES AGAINST HABITATION AND PROPERTY
		CHAPTER 6. DRUG AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFENSES
		CHAPTER 7. OTHER CRIMES
		CHAPTER 8. DEFENSES
		CHAPTER 9. EVIDENCE
		CHAPTER 10. CLOSING INSTRUCTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS
		CHAPTER 11. COMPETENCY
		CHAPTER 12. GRAND JURIES
		CHAPTER 13. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Jury Instructions (MS Word document)
	Jury Instructions (Wordperfect document)
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