(a) Procedure in Death Penalty Appeals. 

(A) When the notice of appeal is filed in the supreme court, the chief justice will direct the appropriate chief judge of the circuit court to monitor the preparation of the complete record for timely filing in the supreme court. Transcripts of all proceedings conducted in the lower tribunal shall be included in the record under these rules. 

(B) The complete record in a death penalty appeal shall include all items required by rule 9.200 and by any order issued by the supreme court. In any appeal following the initial direct appeal, the record transmitted shall begin with the most recent mandate issued by the supreme court, or the most recent filing not already transmitted in a prior record in the event the preceding appeal was disposed of without a mandate, and shall exclude any materials already transmitted to the supreme court as the record in any prior appeal. 

(C) The supreme court shall take judicial notice of the appellate records in all prior appeals and writ proceedings involving a challenge to the same judgment of conviction and sentence of death. Appellate records subject to judicial notice under this subdivision shall not be duplicated in the record transmitted for the appeal under review.

(A) Jurisdiction of the supreme court shall be invoked by filing a petition with the clerk of the supreme court within 30 days of rendition of the nonfinal order to be reviewed. A copy of the petition shall be served on the opposing party and furnished to the judge who issued the order to be reviewed. 
(B) Either party to the death penalty postconviction proceedings may seek review under this rule. 

(A) the basis for invoking the jurisdiction of the court; 
(B) the date and nature of the order sought to be reviewed; 
(C) the name of the lower tribunal rendering the order; 
(D) the name, disposition, and dates of all previous trial, appellate, and postconviction proceedings relating to the conviction and death sentence that are the subject of the proceedings in which the order sought to be reviewed was entered; 
(E) the facts on which the petitioner relies, with references to the appropriate pages of the supporting appendix; 
(F) argument in support of the petition, including an explanation of why the order departs from the essential requirements of law and how the order may cause material injury for which there is no adequate remedy on appeal, and appropriate citations of authority; and 
(G) the nature of the relief sought. 

(A) A stay of proceedings under this rule is not automatic; the party seeking a stay must petition the supreme court for a stay of proceedings. 
(B) During the pendency of a review of a nonfinal order, unless a stay is granted by the supreme court, the lower tribunal may proceed with all matters, except that the lower tribunal may not render a final order disposing of the cause pending review of the nonfinal order. 

(A) Notice to Court. Within 10 days of the rendition of an order granting a prisoner's motion to discharge counsel and dismiss the motion for postconviction relief, discharged counsel shall file with the clerk of the circuit court 2 copies of a notice seeking review in the supreme court. 
(B) Transcription. The circuit judge presiding over any hearing on a motion to dismiss and discharge counsel shall order a transcript of the hearing to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the circuit court no later than 25 days from rendition of the final order. 
(C) Record. Within 30 days of the granting of a motion to dismiss and discharge counsel. the clerk of the circuit court shall forward a copy of the motion, order, and transcripts of all hearings held on the motion to the clerk of the supreme court. 
(D) Proceedings in Supreme Court. Within 20 days of the filing of the record in the supreme court, discharged counsel shall serve an initial brief. Both the state and the prisoner may serve responsive briefs. All briefs must be served and filed as prescribed by rule 9.210.