VIRGIN ISLANDS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE Rule 24. Appendix to the Briefs

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Rule 24. Appendix to the Briefs

(a) Duty of Appellant to Prepare and File; Content of Appendix; Time for Filing; Number of Copies. Appellant shall prepare and file an appendix to the briefs which shall contain all materials designated by all parties and shall include: a table of contents with page references and a copy of the notice of appeal; the judgment, order, or decision being appealed; a certified list of docket entries from the Superior Court; and relevant portions of the trial transcripts, exhibit, or other parts of the record referred to in the briefs at such length as may be necessary to preserve context. Except where they have independent relevance, memoranda of law filed in the Superior Court should not be included in the appendix. Matters that were sealed at the Superior Court level shall so indicate on the cover of the appendix. In an appeal challenging a criminal sentence, the appellant shall attach five copies of the presentence investigation report in an appropriately labeled sealed envelope.

Whenever an appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict or other determination (including an argument that a finding is clearly erroneous), the appendix shall reprint all the evidence of record which supports the challenged determination. The fact that parts of the record are not included in the appendix shall not prevent the parties or the Supreme Court from relying on such parts. The appendix is a separate, freestanding document.

Appellant shall file the appendix with the Clerk of the Supreme Court at the time appellant's briefs are filed. If either party files a separate appendix, that party shall file it with the Clerk of the Supreme Court at the time its briefs are filed and serve one copy of the separate appendix on counsel for each party separately represented. If a party is required to e-file, the appendix shall be e-filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, served in accordance with Rule 15(d), and four paper copies filed in accordance with Rule 40.3(h). If a party is exempt from e-filing, or if e-filing has been disallowed in a particular case, it shall conventionally file seven copies of the appendix (or, if authorized, a separate appendix) along with seven copies of its brief, and at the same time shall conventionally serve one copy of the appendix on counsel for each party separately represented, unless the Supreme Court directs the filing or service of a lesser number, which shall be allowed only in...