Rule 12-606. Certification and transfer from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court.

Any certification of a matter to the Supreme Court by the Court of Appeals under Subsection C of Section 34-5-14 NMSA 1978, or transfer of a matter to the Supreme Court by the Court of Appeals under Section 34-5-10 NMSA 1978, is subject to the Supreme Court’s inherent authority under Article VI, Section 3 of the New Mexico Constitution to review and accept certification or transfer orders of the Court of Appeals. An order of the Supreme Court granting certification or transfer shall direct the Court of Appeals to forward the file in the cause, including all copies of transcripts and briefs filed in the Court of Appeals, which shall thereafter be treated as filed with the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals clerk shall then give prompt notice to all parties. After certification or transfer has been accepted by the Supreme Court, the parties shall be entitled to file in the Supreme Court such additional briefs and other documents within such time as they would have been entitled to file in the Court of Appeals had the matter not been accepted for certification or transfer. The Supreme Court may direct the filing of other or supplemental briefs and may limit the questions to be argued. A party may file a request for oral argument in accordance with Rule 12-319 NMRA.