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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

petition  for  rehearing)  runs  from  the  date  of  the  denial  of 
rehearing  or,  if  rehearing  is  granted,  the  subsequent  entry 
of judgment. 

4.  A  cross-petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari  is  timely  when 
it is ﬁled with the Clerk as provided in paragraphs 1, 3, and 
5  of  this  Rule,  or  in  Rule  12.5.  However,  a  conditional 
cross-petition (which except for Rule 12.5 would be untimely) 
will not be granted unless another party’s timely petition for 
a writ of certiorari is granted. 

5.  For  good  cause,  a  Justice  may extend  the  time  to  ﬁle  a 
petition for a writ of certiorari for a period not exceeding 60 
days.  An application to extend the time to ﬁle shall set out 
the basis for jurisdiction in this Court, identify the judgment 
sought to be reviewed, include a copy of the opinion and any 
order respecting rehearing, and set out speciﬁc reasons why 
an  extension  of  time  is  justiﬁed.  The  application  must  be 
ﬁled with the Clerk at least 10 days before the date the peti­
tion is due, except in extraordinary circumstances.  For the 
time and manner of presenting the application, see Rules 21, 
22, 30, and 33.2.  An application to extend the time to ﬁle a 
petition for a writ of certiorari is not favored. 

Rule  14.  Content  of  a  Petition  for  a  Writ  of  Certiorari 
1.  A  petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari  shall  contain,  in  the 

order indicated: 

(a)  The  questions  presented  for  review,  expressed  con­
cisely  in  relation  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  without 
unnecessary  detail.  The  questions  should  be  short  and 
should not be argumentative or repetitive.  If the petitioner 
or respondent is under a death sentence that may be affected 
by the disposition of the petition, the notation “capital case” 
shall  precede  the  questions  presented.  The  questions  shall 
be set out on the ﬁrst page following the cover, and no other 
information may appear on that page.  The statement of any 
question  presented  is  deemed  to  comprise  every  subsidiary 
question fairly included therein.  Only the questions set out 
in the  petition, or  fairly included  therein, will  be considered 
by the Court.