Pretrial Orders.
U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
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Prior to the trial conference before the district judge under CrimLR 2.3(a), the court may issue a pretrial order or orders relating to any or all of the following items, so far as practicable: (a) (b) (c) date of production of statements or reports of witnesses under the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500; date of production of grand jury testimony of witnesses intended to be called at the trial; date of production of evidence favorable to Defendant on the issue of guilt or punishment, as required by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and related authorities and impeachment material, cooperation agreements, plea agreements, promises of leniency, and records of criminal convictions, required by Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), and its progeny; (d) stipulation of facts that may be deemed proved at the trial without further proof by either party; 21 (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) appointment by the court of interpreters under Fed. R. Crim. P. 28; dismissal of certain counts and elimination from the case of certain issues (e.g., insanity, alibi, and statute of limitations); severance of trial as to any co-defendant or counts, and joinder of any related cases; use or identification of informant, use of line-up or other identification procedures, use of evidence of prior convictions of Defendant or of any witness; pretrial resolution of objections to exhibits or testimony to be offered at trial; preparation of trial briefs on controversial points of law likely to arise at trial; (k) scheduling of the trial and of witnesses; (l) submission of jury instructions and voir dire jury questions; (m) the government’s intention to introduce evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b); (n) whether there are percipient witnesses whom the government does not intend to call in its case-in-chief; (o) (p) date of exchange of the names of witnesses intended to be called to testify at trial in each respective case-in-chief; and date of exchange of lists of exhibits and copies of the documentary exhibits.