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34 Conn. B.J. 1 (1960)

handle is hein.barjournals/conebaj0034 and id is 1 raw text is: SUGGESTIONS FOR APPEALS SUGGESTIONS FOR APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT' By HON. RAYMOND E. BALDWIN * Rules of appellate procedure are not designed as traps for the indifferent or the unwary. Their purpose is to present a question of law on appeal in a concise and understandable manner and with reasonable promptness. They require conformance to their mandates by the bar in order to main- tain proper standards of appellate procedure. It is not my purpose to treat the rules seriatim, but to point out some of the difficulties in which even experienced counsel sometimes become involved. In perfecting his appeal and preparing his brief the wise lawyer has his practice book opened be- fore him at every stage of his work. It is well, too, that he have Maltbie, Connecticut Appellate Procedure, handy. Some counsel, however, rely upon faulty memory or take a chance that everything will be all right and, as a result, the record and brief present the issues of law on appeal in a clumsy way or are totally lacking in one or more of the essentials vitally needed. Since the adoption of the new rules in 1951, the Supreme Court has had, each term, an increasing number of motions to dismiss appeals. At this October term, for example, there were eleven such motions. We might, therefore, start with discussing motions to dismiss. Section 436 of the Practice Book provides that Any claim that an appeal or writ of error should be abated or dismissed, whether based on lack of jurisdiction, failure to file papers within the time allowed, failure to prosecute with proper diligence or any other ground, shall be made by a motion to dismiss the appeal or writ. Any such motion must be filed . . . within ten days 1 Address delivered at a Junior Bar Seminar held during the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association October 20, 1959. * Chief Justice of Connecticut. 19601

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