Conn. Practice Book § 78a-1 (2026)

Sec. 78a-1. Petition for Review of Order con- cerning Release on Bail (a) Any accused person or the state, aggrieved by an order of the Superior Court concerning release, may petition the Appellate Court for review of such order. Any such petition shall have precedence over any other matter before the Appellate Court and any hearing ordered by the court shall be held expeditiously with reason- able notice. Petitions for review of bail must conform to the requirements for motions for review set forth in Section 66-6 and are subject to transfer to the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 65-3. (b) The petition shall set forth in separate para- graphs appropriately captioned: (1) a brief history of the case, (2) the specific facts upon which the petitioning party relies and (3) the legal grounds upon which the petitioning party relies. Any oppo- sition to the petition shall be filed within ten days after the filing of the petition and shall set forth in separate paragraphs appropriately captioned: (1) the specific facts upon which the opposing party relies, and (2) the legal grounds upon which the opposing party relies. Except as otherwise ordered, petitions and oppositions shall not exceed 3500 words. The word count is exclusive of the case caption, signature block of counsel of record, certifications, and appendix, if any. Petitions and oppositions, including footnotes, shall be typed in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts can be found in the guidelines 512 published on the Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and 1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned. Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and must be uniform throughout, including the body of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not underlining. Responses to oppositions are not permitted. Petitions and oppositions shall each be filed as one document with a single pagination scheme that starts on the first page of the petition or oppo- sition and continues throughout the entire docu- ment, on every page, including the pages in an attached appendix, if any. The page numbers shall be centered on the bottom of the page and shall be written as ‘‘Page X of XX’’ (e.g., Page 1 of 33 . . . Page 7 of 33 . . . Page 33 of 33). All papers shall contain a certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered to each other counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that the petition or opposition complies with the word count requirement of this subsection. (Adopted June 2, 2005, to take effect Jan. 1, 2006; amended June 27, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024; amended July 23, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025; amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: What are now the third and fourth para- graphs of subsection (b) were added. COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of these amend- ments is to make the formatting rules for briefs, motions, peti- tions and oppositions consistent such that all of them are filed, with any attachments, as one document with a single pagination scheme, and to add a word count certification requirement.

© Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE Sec. 78b-1 CHAPTER 78b REVIEW OF ORDERS DENYING APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF FEES TO COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION OR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (Adopted July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023.) Sec. 78b-1. Petition for Review of Order Denying Application for Waiver of Fees to Commence a Civil Action or a Writ of Habeas Corpus For previous Histories and Commentaries see the editions of the Practice Book corresponding to the years of the previous amendments.