| LOCAL RULES | Reference |
|---|---|
| Failure to file briefs: criminal cases | 2-3 |
| Written Assignments of Error: criminal cases | 2-4 |
| Sanctions for failure to file timely: criminal cases | 2-4 |
| Pro se briefing notice: criminal cases | 2-6 |
| Certificate of service: criminal cases | 2-7 |
| Withdrawal and return of the record: civil and criminal cases | 2-8 |
| Certificate for attachments (must use either 15 or 15.1) | 15 (with) or 15.1 (without) |
| Rejection of briefs not in compliance with Uniform Rules of Courts of Appeal (URCA) | 2-5 |
| Copies of briefs in support of rehearing application: Original + 1 | 3-1 |
| Bar roll number (Attorneys only) | 8 |
| UNIFORM RULES | Reference |
|---|---|
| Copies: original + 1 | 2-12.1 |
| Pages: numbered consecutively | 2-12.2B |
| Page Limit: Original brief: 31 legal or 41 letter Reply brief: 13 legal or 18 letter Excludes only table of contents and table of authorities | 2-12.2C(1) |
| Spacing: double, except as noted | 2-12.2A |
| Size of font: Roman or Times New Roman, 14 pt. or larger computer font or (b) no more than 10 characters per inch typewriter print. | 2-12.2C(2) |
| Title: Court to which the brief is directed | 2-12.3(1) |
| Docket number: assigned by appellate court | 2-12.3(2) |
| Title of the case: as it appears on the docket | 2-12.3(3) |
| Name or title of the court and the parish from which the case came | 2-12.3(4) |
| Name of judge: who rendered judgment or ruling complained of | 2-12.3(5) |
| Statement: on appeal or in response to a writ | 2-12.3(6) |
| Identification of party and party’s status before the court | 2-12.3(7) |
| Original, reply, or supplemental brief | 2-12.3(8) |
| Name of counsel, address and phone number | 2-12.3(9) |
| Table of contents | 2-12.4A(l) 2-12.5 |
| Table of authorities | 2-12.4A(2) 2-12.5 |
| Jurisdictional statement (appellant only) (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4A(3) 2-12.4A(3)(a), (b) or (c) 2-12.5 |
| A statement of the case (appellant only) (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4A(4) 2-12.5 |
| Assignment of alleged errors | 2-12.4A(5) 2-12.5 |
| Listing of issues presented for review (appellant only) (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4A(6) 2-12.5 |
| A statement of facts relevant to assignments of error and issues(appellant only) (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4A(7) 2-12.5 |
| Summary of argument | 2-12.4A(8) 2-12.5 |
| Argument (Appelllant only: Statement of standard of review) | 2-12.4A(9) 2-12.4A(9)(a), (b) and (c) 2-12.5 |
| Conclusion | 2-12.4A(10) 2-12.5 |
| Certificate of service (to whom, when, how) | 2-14.1 and 2-14.1-2 |
| Copy of the judgment, order, or ruling complained of (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4B(1) 2-12.5 |
| Copy of either the trial court’s reasons for judgment or minute entry of the reasons, if given. If none, so state (Optional for appellee) | 2-12.4B(1) 2-12.5 |
