FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE As amended to December 1, 2003 I. Applicability VI. Trial II. Preliminary Proceedings VII. Post-Conviction Procedures III. The Grand Jury, the Indictment, and the Information VIII. Supplementary and Special Proceedings IV. Arraignment and Preparation for Trial IX. General Provisions V. Venue I. APPLICABILITY Rule 1. Scope; Definitions (a)Scope - In General.
These rules govern the procedure in all criminal proceedings in the United States district courts, the United States courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. State or Local Judicial Officer. When a rule so states, it applies to a proceeding before a state or local judicial officer. Territorial Courts. These rules also govern the procedure in all criminal proceedings in the following courts: - (A) the district court of Guam;
- (B) the district court for the Northern Mariana Islands, except as otherwise provided by law; and
- (C) the district court of the Virgin Islands, except that the prosecution of offenses in that court must be by indictment or information as otherwise provided by law.
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