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- authority type
- rule
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- official_current_rule
- precedential status
- binding_national_procedural_rule
- decision or issuance date
- 1944-12-26
- subsequent history
- Rule 1 was last amended effective December 1, 2011; current text checked in the official 2024 Title 18 Appendix.
- negative treatment status
- Current text checked through the 2011 amendment; no relevant superseding amendment identified.
- material limitations
- Rule 1 supplies institutional scope, not the elements of a Rule 33 motion.
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Linked modules
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 1
Proposition supported
The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure govern criminal proceedings in United States district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court.
Material limitation
Rule 1 supplies the rules' institutional scope. Rule 33 supplies the particular new-trial procedure.
Official source and locator
GovInfo, Title 18 Appendix, Rule 1, printed pages 14–17: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title18/pdf/USCODE-2024-title18-app.pdf