THE INDICTMENT AND THE INFORMATION

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Rule Set: Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Rule: 107

Jurisdiction: DPR

Bluebook Citation: D.P.R. L.R. 107

All Rules: D.P.R. Local Rules, complete index

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Upon the return of an indictment or the filing of an information, a criminal case shall be assigned to a judge by lot, using the computerized case assignment system. All the general principles and assignment and reassignment of cases contemplated in L.Civ.R. 3A apply with equal force to criminal cases. The clerk shall refer cases to a magistrate judge for arraignment and bail determination, and, when ordered by the court, for determination of all pretrial procedural and discovery motions. Cases remanded for resentencing shall be assigned to the judge who imposed the vacated sentence, unless otherwise ordered by the court of appeals. -109-

THE INDICTMENT AND THE INFORMATION

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