[House Document 111-30]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-30

 
         AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME

                       COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
       ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2074.




April 21, 2009.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC. March 25, 2009.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
United States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United 
States Code.
    Accompanying these rules are excerpts from the report of 
the Judiciary Conference of the United States containing the 
Committee Notes submitted to the Court for its consideration 
pursuant to Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.




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