Transfer from a District for Plea and Sentence
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
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Upon the transfer under Fed. R. Crim. P. 20 of an information or indictment charging a minor offense, the Court shall refer the case immediately to a Magistrate Judge who shall take the plea and impose sentence in accordance with the rules for the trial of minor offenses if, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3401, the defendant consents in writing to this procedure.