FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
as Amended 12/1/97
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I . SCOPE, PURPOSE, AND CONSTRUCTION
Rule 1. Scope
Rule 2. Purpose and Construction
II. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS
Rule 3. The Complaint
Rule 4. Arrest Warrant or Summons Upon Complaint
Rule 5. Initial Appearance Before the Magistrate
Judge
Rule 5.1 Preliminary Examination
III. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION
Rule 6. The Grand Jury
Rule 7. The Indictment and the Information
Rule 8. Joinder of Offenses and of Defendants
Rule 9. Warrant or Summons Upon Indictment or
Information
IV. ARRAIGNMENT, AND PREPARATION FOR TRIAL
Rule 10. Arraignment
Rule 11. Pleas
Rule 12. Pleadings and Motions Before Trial;
Defenses and Objections
Rule 12.1 Notice of Alibi
Rule 12.2 Notice of Insanity Defense or Expert
Testimony of Defendant's Mental Condition
Rule 12.3 Notice of Defense Based Upon Public
Authority
Rule 13. Trial Together of Indictments or
Informations
Rule 14. Relief from Prejudicial Joinder
Rule 15. Depositions
Rule 16. Discovery and Inspection
Rule 17. Subpoena
Rule 17.1 Pretrial Conference
V. VENUE
Rule 18. Place of Prosecution and Trial
Rule 19. [Rescinded]
Rule 20. Transfer from the District for Plea and
Sentence
Rule 21. Transfer From the District for Trial
Rule 22. Time of Motion to Transfer
VI. TRIAL
Rule 23. Trial by Jury or by the Court.
Rule 24. Trial Jurors
Rule 25. Judge; Disability
Rule 26. Taking of Testimony
Rule 26.1 Determinations of Foreign Law
Rule 26.2 Production of Witness Statements
Rule 26.3 Mistrial
Rule 27. Proof of Official Record
Rule 28. Interpreters
Rule 29. Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
Rule 29.1 Closing Argument
Rule 30. Instructions
Rule 31. Verdict
VII. JUDGMENT
Rule 32. Sentence and Judgment
Rule 32.1 Revocation or Modification of Probation or
Supervised Release
Rule 33. New trial
Rule 34. Arrest of Judgment
Rule 35. Correction or Reduction of Sentence
Rule 36. Clerical Mistakes
VIII. APPEAL
Rule 37. [Abrogated]
Rule 38. Stay of Execution
Rule 39. [Abrogated]
IX. SUPPLEMENTARY AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
Rule 40. Commitment to Another District
Rule 41. Search and Seizure.
Rule 42. Criminal Contempt
X. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 43. Presence of the Defendant
Rule 44. Right to and Assignment of Counsel
Rule 45. Time
Rule 46. Release from Custody
Rule 47. Motions
Rule 48. Dismissal
Rule 49. Service and Filing of Papers
Rule 50. Calendars; Plan for Prompt Disposition
Rule 51. Exceptions Unnecessary
Rule 52. Harmless Error and Plain Error
Rule 53. Regulation of Conduct in the Court Room.
Rule 54. Application and Exception
Rule 55. Records
Rule 56. Courts and Clerks
Rule 57. Rules by District Courts
Rule 58. Procedure for Misdemeanors and Other Petty
Offenses
Rule 59. Effective Date
Rule 60. Title
XI. FORMS [Abrograted]
Index