The appendix to a criminal case is not automatically bound within the appellant's brief, but any appendix less than 20 pages may be bound within the appellant's brief. Certain provisions included in the current civil rules with no corresponding provision in the criminal rules, such as use of condensed transcripts, now apply to criminal cases as well. The requirements that clerks number the record and prepare a table of contents for the Law Court and, in criminal cases, prepare and provide counsel with a copy of the record have been eliminated. Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure Advisory notes to M.R. App. P. Comforming amendments to the Civil, Criminal and Probate Rules.
Advisory notes to the conforming amendments.