On December 1, 2019, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16.1 (Rule 16.1 or the “Rule”) went into effect. With a focus on defense counsel’s ability to adequately prepare for trial, the Rule functions ...

A group of prominent defense lawyers across the country have joined an effort to fix what they see as a fundamental imbalance ...

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U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York on Monday reminded prosecutors about their obligations under recent amendments to Rule 16 of the ...

As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court has adopted a new set of criminal procedures to bring uniformity to courtrooms at all levels in the state, a process that marks the final achievement of retiring Justice ...

In 1987, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution requires federal and state courts to retroactively apply all new federalconstitutional rules of criminal procedure to direct appeals of ...

Iowa prosecutors have long been able to issue investigative subpoenas to seek evidence of crimes. A new proposal that would clarify when and how criminal defendants can do the same, however, is ...

(Reuters) -A group of prominent defense lawyers across the country have joined an effort to fix what they see as a ...