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Pre-trial Information (Criminal) Guilty
Pleas, Motion Practice, Final
Pre-trial Conferences
1.
Guilty Pleas
Plea agreements
should be in writing, accompanied by a stipulation of the facts.
The elements of the offense(s), including the maximum penalty
for each offense, shall be provided to Judge Stiehl before the
scheduled plea.
Judge Stiehl
will accept plea agreements which involve sentencing recommendations,
but is not bound by any such recommendation. The sentence will
be imposed by Judge Stiehl after review of the Presentence Investigative
Report and any objections filed.
2.
Motion Practice
Criminal
Motions should be filed in accordance with the Order for Pre-trial
Discovery and Inspection which is entered at the time of the
defendant's arraignment. All motions should be specific, non-boilerplate,
and supported by case authority. Motions to suppress evidence
or statements must specify the exact nature of the evidence
sought to be suppressed and the legal grounds on which suppression
is warranted. If an evidentiary hearing is required on motions
to suppress, or any other motion, the hearing will be scheduled
by the Courtroom Deputy.
3. Final Pre-trial Conferences
At the Final Pre-trial Conference, a trial date and schedule
will be set. In addition, the Judge will determine a cut-off
date for filing motions in limine and will indicate when proposed
jury instructions and voir dire questions are due. Jury instructions
and voir dire questions are not to be filed with the Clerk of
the Court, but rather should be submitted directly to Chambers.
Proposed jury instructions must be accompanied by a Jury Instruction
Order Form which includes the instruction, the supporting authority
and any objections, with supporting authority. The jury instruction
order will be filed as a part of the case file after the jury
instruction conference at the close of the evidence. A copy
of the jury instruction order format may be downloaded by linking
to "Jury Instruction Order."
A copy of the directions for preparing the jury instructions
order may be downloaded by linking to "Instructions
for Preparing Jury Instruction Order."
Staff:
Judicial Assistant: Judy Baehr (618) 482-9230
Courtroom Deputy: (618) 482-9374
Court Reporter: Daveanna Ramsey
(618) 482-9124
Sr. Law Clerk: Julie
Fix (618) 482-9228
Law Clerk: Jason Winslow (618) 482-9227
Address:
Courtroom 1
Melvin Price Federal Courthouse
750 Missouri Avenue
East St. Louis, IL 62201
Fax: (618) 482-9155 (do
not fax without prior permission of Chambers)
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