US · rules
N.D. Iowa LCrR 11
Plea Hearings
a. Delivery of Plea Agreement to the Court. The lawyer for the government must email a copy
of any plea agreement to the presiding judge handling the plea proceeding by at least 12:00 p.m.
of the last business day before the plea hearing is scheduled to occur.
b. Rule 11 Letter. By at least 12:00 p.m. of the last business day before a plea hearing is
scheduled to occur, the lawyer for the government must email to the presiding judge and
opposing counsel a letter setting out the maximum penalties and any mandatory minimum
penalties that could be imposed by the court as a result of the plea, the potential maximum
statutory penalty for violation of supervised release conditions, the elements of all offenses to
which the defendant is pleading, the factual basis for the plea, any collateral consequences to
the plea (e.g., immigration, restitution, forfeiture, etc.), whether the United States will seek
detention pending sentencing, and whether defendant is subject to mandatory detention.
Provenance
- Source
- www.iand.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
- Content hash
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