US · rules
D. Ariz. LRCrim 32.1
Sentencing - Presentence Investigations
(a) Presentence Investigation. Upon conviction by trial or plea, a court shall
order that defendant not leave the District of Arizona without prior authorization until
having been interviewed by a Probation Officer.
(b) Appeals. In all cases where a defendant has been sentenced to a period
of probation, and files a notice of appeal, the period of probation and supervision shall
begin on the date of judgment, notwithstanding the pendency of the appeal.
(c) Preparation and Use of Presentence Reports.
(1) Plea agreements, whether a public record or sealed by order of the
Court, shall be made available to the Probation Office for the District of Arizona, for the
limited use of the Probation Officer preparing the presentence report and exercising
probation supervision.
(2) Unless the Court directs otherwise, the Probation Officer shall
disclose the sentencing recommendation as part of the initial and final presentence
reports. The Probation Office shall disclose the initial and final presentence reports to the
defendant’s attorney or to the defendant, if pro per, and to the United States Attorney.
The defendant’s attorney may provide a copy to the defendant.
(3) The Probation Office will file under seal the original (final) copy of
the presentence report on behalf of the Clerk of the Court. When a request is made to the
Clerk’s Office to view a copy of the presentence report, the request shall be referred to
the Probation Office. If appropriate, the Probation Office shall prepare for the requestor a
copy of the presentence report exclusive of the Rule 32(d)(3), Fed.R.Crim.P.,
information.
(4) Nothing in this Local Rule shall prohibit the Probation Office from
disclosing the presentence report to an Arizona Superior Court Probation Office if that
office agrees in writing, on a form approved by the Chief Judge of this Court, to maintain
confidentiality of matters so specified by this Court.
Provenance
- Source
- www.azd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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