SUPREME
JUDICIAL COURT TO HOLD HEARING ON RULES OF
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Boston— The Supreme
Judicial Court today announced that it has scheduled a
hearing on proposed amendments to draft Rules of Criminal
Procedure 3, 12, and 14. In July, the Court invited written
comment on a 155-page package of proposed revisions to
Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 1, 3, 3.1 , 5,
7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 34 prepared by the Supreme Judicial
Court's Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal
Procedure. The deadline for written comments was September
15, 2003.
The
hearing will be held in the Supreme Judicial Court courtroom,
13th floor, Suffolk County Courthouse on Tuesday, October
21, 2003 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The schedule of speakers
is as follows:
A.
Introductory remarks by Superior Court Justice Charles
J. Hely, Chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on the
Rules of Criminal Procedure
B.
Rule 14 on Discovery (60 minutes)
1)
Andrew H. Good, Massachusetts Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers (20 minutes)
2) District Attorney Martha
Coakley, District Attorneys' Association, and a designee of the Attorney General
(20 minutes)
3) Professor Eric Blumenson,
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure (20 minutes) |
C.
Rules 3 (Complaint and Indictment) and 12 (Pleas and Withdrawal
of Pleas) (27 minutes)
1)
William J. Leahy, Committee for Public Counsel Services
(9 minutes)
2) Designees of the Attorney
General and District Attorneys' Association (9 minutes)
3) Professor David Rossman,
Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure (9 minutes) |
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