THE PROPOSED FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Authors

Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General of the United States; head of the Anti-Trust Division and formerly the head of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice.Follow

Abstract

The recently published Preliminary Draft of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is now before the bench and bar for discussion. The rules proposed are, of course, tentative. Following a procedure similar to that adopted in the case of the civil rules a few years ago, they have been printed and distributed by the Advisory Committee at this stage for the purpose of obtaining criticisms and suggestions. Some of the rules merely restate existing law as provided by statute or adopted by general agreement in judicial decisions. Others work substantial procedural changes. How is the product to be judged?

Recommended Citation

Wendell Berge, THE PROPOSED FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 42 Mich. L. Rev. 353 (1943).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol42/iss3/2