VENUE AND TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Rule Set: Criminal Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Rule: 18.1

Jurisdiction: NDGA

Bluebook Citation: N.D. Ga. L.R. Cr. 18.1

(A) Filing. Criminal cases shall be filed with the clerk in the division in which venue lies (see Fed. R. Crim. P. 18). See also LR 3.1(A). (B) Trial.

A defendant in a criminal action will ordinarily be tried in the division in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. (C) Proceedings in Other Divisions. When the arraignment, trial, sentencing, or other proceedings in a criminal case are held in a division of the district other than the division in which the indictment or information is or was pending, upon completion of the proceedings, all papers and records therein shall be returned to and shall appear on the records of the division in which the indictment or information is or was pending as if such proceedings had been held in that division. VI.

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