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Expert Disclosures

D. Ariz. LRCrim 16.3

(a) Presumptive Deadlines. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the following deadlines apply to expert witness disclosures required by Rule 16, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: (1) Case-in-Chief Experts. For expert witness testimony a party intends to use during its case-in-chief at trial, the party must disclose the information required by Rule 16(a)(1)(G) or Rule 16(b)(1)(C) no later than 45 days before the final pretrial conference. (2) Rebuttal Experts. For expert witness testimony a party intends to use to rebut expert witness testimony disclosed by the opposing party, the party must disclose the information required by Rule 16(a)(1)(G) or Rule 16(b)(1)(C) no later than 14 days before the final pretrial conference. (b) Individualized Deadlines. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Court from setting its own deadlines for expert disclosures. Parties are also encouraged to confer and propose to the Court expert disclosure deadlines tailored to the circumstances of their particular case. F.R.Crim.P. 17. Subpoena (NO LOCAL RULE) F.R.Crim.P. 17.1. Pretrial Conference (NO LOCAL RULE) Title V. Venue F.R.Crim.P. 18. Place of Prosecution and Trial
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