Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure

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• Rule 1 General provisions.
• Rule 2 Time.
• Rule 3 Service and filing of papers.
• Rule 4 Prosecution by information.
• Rule 4A Prosecution by indictment.
• Rule 4B Case commenced by citation.
• Rule 5 REPEALED.
• Rule 6 Warrant of arrest or summons.
• Rule 7 Initial proceedings for class A misdemeanors and felonies.
• Rule 7A Procedures for arraignment on class B or C misdemeanors, or infractions.
• Rule 7B Preliminary examinations.
• Rule 7C Material witnesses-procedure for bond and warrants.
• Rule 8 Appointment of counsel.
• Rule 9 Proceedings for persons arrested without a warrant on suspicion of a crime.
• Rule 9A Procedures for persons arrested pursuant to warrant.
• Rule 9.5 Charged multiple offenses - To be filed in single court.
• Rule 10 Arraignment.
• Rule 11 Pleas.
• Rule 12 Motions.
• Rule 12.5. Notice of transfer Domestic Violence case from Justice Court to District Court.
• Rule 13 Pretrial conference.
• Rule 14 Subpoenas.
• Rule 15 Expert witnesses and interpreters.
• Rule 15A REPEALED.
• Rule 15.5 Out of court statement and testimony of child victims or child witnesses of sexual or physical abuse - Conditions of admissibility.
• Rule 16 Discovery.
• Rule 17 The trial.
• Rule 17.5 Hearings with contemporaneous transmission from a different location.
• Rule 18 Selection of the jury.
• Rule 19 Instructions.
• Rule 20 Exceptions unnecessary.
• Rule 21 Verdict.
• Rule 21A Presentence investigation reports; Restitution.
• Rule 22 Sentence, judgment and commitment.
• Rule 23 Arrest of judgment.
• Rule 24 Motion for new trial.
• Rule 25 Dismissal without trial.
• Rule 26 Written orders, judgments and decrees.
• Rule 27 Stays of sentence pending appeal from courts of record.
• Rule 27A Stays pending appeal from a court not of record- appeals for a trial de novo.
• Rule 27B Stays pending appeal from a court not of record- hearings de novo, DUI, and reckless driving cases.
• Rule 28 Disposition after appeal.
• Rule 29 Disability and disqualification of a judge or change of venue.
• Rule 29A Change of judge as a matter of right.
• Rule 30 Errors and defects.
• Rule 31 Rules of court.
• Rule 32 Minute entry.
• Rule 33 Regulation of conduct in the courtroom.
• Rule 34. Consolidation of cases.
• Rule 35. Victims and witnesses.
• Rule 36. Withdrawal of counsel.
• Rule 37. Citation to decisions.
• Rule 38. Appeals from justice court to district court.
• Rule 39. Coordination of cases pending in district court and juvenile court.
• Rule 40. Search warrants.
• Rule 41. Unsecured bonds.
• Rule 42. Expungement.

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