by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) NOTICE OF AN INSANITY DEFENSE. A defendant who intends to assert a defense of insanity at the time of the alleged offense must so notify an attorney for the government in writing within the time provided for filing a pretrial motion, or at any later time the court...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST FOR NOTICE AND DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE. (1)Government’s Request. An attorney for the government may request in writing that the defendant notify an attorney for the government of any intended alibi defense. The request must...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) PLEADINGS. The pleadings in a criminal proceeding are the indictment, the information, and the pleas of not guilty, guilty, and nolo contendere.(b) PRETRIAL MOTIONS. (1)In General. A party may raise by pretrial motion any defense, objection, or request that the...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) ENTERING A PLEA. (1)In General. A defendant may plead not guilty, guilty, or (with the court’s consent) nolo contendere.(2)Conditional Plea. With the consent of the court and the government, a defendant may enter a conditional plea of guilty or nolo...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) IN GENERAL. An arraignment must be conducted in open court and must consist of: (1) ensuring that the defendant has a copy of the indictment or information;(2) reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating to the defendant the substance of the...
by admin | May 8, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Federal
(a) ISSUANCE. The court must issue a warrant-or at the government’s request, a summons-for each defendant named in an indictment or named in an information if one or more affidavits accompanying the information establish probable cause to believe that an offense...
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