Pre-trial Agreement

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1. Under Rule118 Section2, what form must a criminal pre-trial agreement or admission take before it may be used against t…
2. Must Rule118 Section1 agreements also receive court approval?
3. Is an admission of a particular fact at pre-trial necessarily identical to a guilty plea to the whole offense?
4. Defense counsel orally agrees to a material fact, but the accused never signs a written pre-trial admission. May it aut…
5. The accused and counsel sign a written stipulation only as to identity of a document. The prosecutor argues it also adm…
6. At pre-trial the parties negotiate several proposed admissions. The court’s unsigned draft lists them, but the accused …
7. A written pre-trial admission bears the accused’s signature but no counsel signature. The prosecutor says the judge’s a…
8. Explain the safeguards for using criminal pre-trial admissions against the accused.
9. Distinguish a limited factual stipulation from an admission of guilt.
10. Why should proposed pre-trial terms be distinguished from a final signed agreement?
11. Does Rule118 list waiver of evidentiary admissibility objections as a pre-trial subject?
12. Can criminal pre-trial agreements concern the civil aspects of the case as well as criminal issues?