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Rule 11.09 – Trial Date

May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota

(a) If the defendant enters a plea other than guilty, a trial date must be set.
(b) A defendant must be tried as soon as possible after entry of a plea other than guilty. On demand of any party after entry of such plea, the trial must start within 60 days unless the court finds good cause for a later trial date.

Unless exigent circumstances exist, if trial does not start within 120 days from the date the plea other than guilty is entered and the demand is made, the defendant must be released under any nonmonetary conditions the court orders under Rule 6.01, subd. 1.

Minn. R. Crim. P. 11.09

Amended April 22, 2015, effective July 1, 2015.