Amendment to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure-Rule 9.100(g), (j), & (k)

The Appellate Court Procedure Rules Committee, in response to a request from this Court, has filed an emergency petition to amend Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100(g), (j), and (k). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

In Basse v. State, 740 So.2d 518 (Fla.1999), this Court asked the Appellate Rules Committee to consider formulating a rule governing the length of original writ petitions. Id. at 519 n. 1. In response to the Court’s request, the committee proposes amendments to rule 9.100(g), (j), and (k), which limit the length of petitions and responses to fifty pages…