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Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The amendments implemented the Crime Victims' Rights Act (18 U.S.C. §3771). Yesterday's order amended Criminal Rules 1 (Scope; Definitions), 12.1 (Notice of an Alibi Defense), 17 (Subpoena), 18 (Place of Prosecution and Trial), 32 (Sentencing and Judgment), 41 (Search and Seizure), 45 (Computing and Extending Time), 60 (Victims? Rights), and added Criminal Rule 61 (Title). The Court's order adopting the amendments can be found here. For the most part, the Court's order rubber-stamped the September 2007 recommendation of the Federal Judicial Conference, which had adopted the May 2007 proposals of the Federal Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).