Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

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body of procedural law rules of court

The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are a comprehensive set of rules governing the conduct of criminal proceedings in United States federal courts, from investigation and charging through trial, sentencing, and appeal.

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federal rules of criminal procedure 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of procedural law ⓘ
rules of court ⓘ
appliesTo United States district courts ⓘ
United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
surface form: United States magistrate judges
appliesToJurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal courts
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
surface form: Title 18 of the United States Code Appendix
contains Rule 1 ⓘ
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country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
doesNotApplyTo state criminal courts ⓘ
enablingAct Rules Enabling Act ⓘ
firstEffectiveDate 1946 ⓘ
governs criminal proceedings in United States federal courts ⓘ
governsPhase appeals-related procedures in federal criminal cases ⓘ
charging in federal criminal cases ⓘ
investigation in federal criminal cases ⓘ
post-conviction procedures in federal criminal cases ⓘ
pretrial proceedings in federal criminal cases ⓘ
sentencing in federal criminal cases ⓘ
trial in federal criminal cases ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain criminal procedure ⓘ
legalStatus binding authority in federal criminal cases ⓘ
promulgatedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
purpose to eliminate unjustifiable expense and delay ⓘ
to provide for the just determination of every criminal proceeding ⓘ
to secure fairness in administration ⓘ
to secure simplicity in procedure ⓘ
subjectMatter arrest and initial appearance in federal criminal cases ⓘ
discovery and inspection in federal criminal cases ⓘ
indictments and informations in federal criminal cases ⓘ
joinder and severance of offenses and defendants ⓘ
jury selection and trial procedures in federal criminal cases ⓘ
pleas and plea agreements in federal criminal cases ⓘ
post-trial motions in federal criminal cases ⓘ
release and detention in federal criminal cases ⓘ
search and seizure procedures in federal criminal cases ⓘ
subjectTo congressional review ⓘ
updatedBy amendments adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States District Court for the District of Montana → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of Nevada → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of New York → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Western District of Oklahoma → uses → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
United States district courts → usesProcedureRules → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ