Navigation Rule proposal would facilitate greater use of remote technology in certain criminal proceedings
The Board of Governors will consider a proposed rule amendment later this month that would facilitate greater use of remote technology in certain criminal proceedings.
The Criminal Procedure Rules Committee’s proposed amendment would require judges, absent a showing of good cause, to permit the use of remote technology in non-evidentiary hearings that last 30 minutes or less.
Proponents say the current rule gives judges too much discretion to deny the use of remote hearings and has created a “lack of uniformity amongst not just the judicial circuits, but the judges.”
