Pretrial Conferences

At the request of any party or upon the Court's own motion, the assigned judge may hold one or more pretrial conferences in any criminal action or proceeding. The agenda at the pretrial conference shall consist of any of the following items, so far as applicable, and such other matters that the judge designates as may tend to promote the fair and expeditious trial of the action or proceeding: (a) Production of witness statements under the Jenks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500 or Fed. R. Crim. P. 26.2; (b) Production of grand jury testimony of witnesses that the parties intend to call at trial; (c) Production of exculpatory or other evidence favorable to the defendant on the issue of guilt or punishment; (d) Stipulation of facts which may be deemed proved at the trial without further proof by either party and limitation of witnesses; (e) Court appointment of interpreters under Fed. R. Crim. P. 28; (f) Dismissal of certain counts and elimination from the case of certain issues; e.g., insanity, alibi, and statute of limitations; (g) Severance of trial as to any co-defendant or joinder of any related case; (h) Identification of informers, use of lineup or other identification evidence, use of evidence of prior convictions of defendant or any witness, etc.; (i) (j) Pretrial exchange of lists of witnesses whom the parties intend to call in person or by deposition to testify at trial, except those whom they may call only for impeachment or rebuttal; Pretrial exchange of documents, exhibits, summaries, schedules, models, or diagrams that the parties intend to offer or use at trial; (k) Pretrial resolution of objections to exhibits or testimony that the parties intend to offer at trial; (l) Preparation of trial briefs on controversial points of law likely to arise at trial; (m) Scheduling of the trial and of witnesses; (n) Settlement of jury instructions, voir dire questions, and challenges to the jury; and [Table of Contents] 89 [XI: Criminal Procedure] (o) Any other matter which may tend to promote a fair and expeditious trial