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N.D. Iowa LCrR 11

Plea Hearings

activein force · 2020-12-07 – presentact-effective-date

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
42930d9dfbbeffa4d5d92cdb2ff85524381abf21a006de5fcdc1f578994d9252
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