Rule 17 - Appendix to the briefs(a)Duty of Appellant or Other Moving Party to Prepare and File; Content. The appellant shall prepare a separate appendix to the brief. The appendix shall contain:(1) The relevant docket entries in the proceeding below;(2) Any relevant portions of the pleadings, charge, findings, or opinions;(3) The judgment, order, decision, or ruling in question; and(4) Any other part of the record, including the transcript, to which the party wishes to direct the particular attention of the Supreme Court. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Rule, the appendix shall have a table of contents, pages separately numbered, and appropriate demarcation separating discrete sections to assist the Supreme Court to locate portions of the record referenced in the briefs. When portions of a transcript are included in the appendix, attorneys shall ensure that the cover sheet of the transcript volume and the index of witness names are included, together with sufficient pages assembled in sequence to enable the Supreme Court to read the cited passages in context.(b)Appendix in Criminal Cases. In criminal cases, the provisions of subsection (a) concerning separate pagination of the appendix shall not be mandatory, provided that the parties employ alternative methods of organizing the appendix in a form which provides substantially equivalent assistance to the Supreme Court in locating portions of the record referenced in the briefs.(c)Duty of Appellee or Other Adverse Party to Prepare and File. If the appellee or other adverse party deems it necessary to direct the particular attention of the Supreme Court to parts of the record not designated by the appellant in the appellant's appendix, the appellee shall prepare and file an appendix to the appellee's brief containing a designation of those parts.(d)Form of Appendices. The form of appendices shall be in accordance with the provisions of Rule 16(f) except as to maximum number of words and pages permitted and in accordance with the "Checklist for Filing Briefs" form.Amended effective 6/19/2020; Revised 10/1/2023.