Federal Courts: Rule 20 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Constitutionality

Some Comments on the Proposed Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Removal of Defendants in Federal Criminal Procedure

A Warrant to Hack: an Analysis of the Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

In 2013, a federal magistrate judge denied an FBI request for a remote access search warrant, concluding that, among other deficiencies, Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prevented him from granting a warrant to hack a computer when the location of the device was not known. Just five months later, the DOJ proposed amendments to Rule 41 seeking to eliminate the territorial limit...

State Forfeiture Rules and Federal Review of State Criminal Convictions

Sealed Cases in Federal Courts

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