Opinion
CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 4:12-CR-78
05-22-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SONNY WAYNE-PAUL SCOTT
AMENDED PRE-TRIAL ORDER
This case is reset for Final Pre-Trial Conference on August 13, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom #208, United States Courthouse, Sherman, Texas, at which time dates for Jury Selection and Trial will be determined. Counsel shall be prepared to commence jury selection and trial the following day and continuing thereafter.
The following deadlines shall apply in this case.
July 9, 2012 Any motion for suppress evidence shall be filed with the court.
July 23, 2012 Any motion for continuance shall be filed with the court.
August 3, 2012 Counsel for the Government shall deliver to counsel for Defendant(s) proposed jury instructions.
July 27, 2012 By 4:00 PM The parties shall notify the Court of any signed plea agreement and factual basis for the plea. Notification shall be by telephone, fax or email. After this deadline, no plea agreement will be honored by the court without good cause shown.
August 6, 2012 If the parties do not notify the Court of a plea agreement as provided above, defense counsel shall deliver to counsel for the Government any additional jury instructions desired by Defendant(s). If two or more Defendants are represented by separate counsel, their submission must be made jointly.
August 7, 2012 Counsel for Defendant(s) and counsel for the Government shall confer to determine which jury instructions can be agreed upon.
August 7, 2012 Parties shall file any motions in limine.
August 8, 2012 Counsel for the Government and counsel for the Defendant(s) shall:
A. Jointly file agreed upon instructions;
B. Each file any proposed instructions that were not agreed upon, citing the authority for each instruction. (Any party seeking to file proposed jury instructions after the deadline may do so only with leave of Court.);
C. Each file any objections to the other's proposed jury instructions. Objections must be written, specific, cite authority, and include any alternate instructions counsel deem more appropriate;
D. Each file proposed voir dire questions;
E. If counsel believes that a written response to a particular motion in limine is needed, file it;
F. Each provide the court a list of witnesses, a list of exhibits anticipated to be introduced during trial, and a copy of each marked exhibit. All exhibits to be used for trial shall be pre-marked numerically and in succession. (Groups of exhibits pertaining to the same subject matter, such as photos of same scene, may, at counsel's discretion be numbered and lettered, i.e., 2a, 2b, 2c, etc.) Counsel shall provide the Court the original and two (2) copies of each list and marked exhibit.
SIGNED at Sherman, Texas, this 22nd day of May, 2012.
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MARCIA A. CRONE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE