Information on defenses to federal criminal offenses is contained in the Criminal Resource Manual
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Alibi |
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Discovery of Alibi Witnesses—Fed. R.Crim. P. 12.1 |
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Practice Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12.1 |
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Unsolicited Disclosure by the Defendant |
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Specific Incident During a Continuing Offense |
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Suggested Form of Demand for Disclosure of Alibi Defense |
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Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 |
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Mental Competency to Stand Trial Distinguished |
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Prior Law |
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Present Statutory Test—18 U.S.C. § 17(a) |
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Burden of Proving Insanity—18 U.S.C. § 17(b) |
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Scope of Expert Testimony |
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Special Verdict—"Not Guilty Only By Reason of Insanity"—Related Commitment Procedures at 18 U.S.C. § 4243 |
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Hospitalization of a Convicted Person Suffering from a Mental Disease or Defect—18 U.S.C. § 4244 |
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Hospitalization of an Imprisoned Person Suffering from a Mental Disease or Defect |
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Hospitalization of a Person Due for Release But Suffering from Mental Disease/Defect—18 U.S.C. § 4246 |
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Criminal Division Contacts |
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Elements |
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Recent Entrapment Cases |
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Proving Predisposition |
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Outrageous Government Conduct |
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Statute of Limitations Defenses |
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Length of Limitations Period |
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Statute of Limitations for Continuing Offenses |
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Statute of Limitations for Conspiracy |
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Statute of Limitations and the Assimilative Crimes Act |
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Statute of Limitations and RICO |
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Statute of Limitations and Defective Indictments—Superseding Indictments |
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Waiver of the Statute of Limitations |
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Tolling of Statute of Limitations |
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Statute of Limitations and Tax Offenses |
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