D.P.R. Loc. Cr. R. 116

(a) Voluntary Disclosure by the Government.

The government may voluntarily disclose, within thirty (30) days after the arraignment,

all material discoverable pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 16.

(b) Requests for Discovery.

(1) Parties’ Duty to Confer. Except in an emergency, before filing any

discovery motion, the moving party shall confer with opposing counsel

to attempt to eliminate or narrow the areas of disagreement. In the

motion, the moving party shall certify that a good faith attempt was made

to eliminate or narrow the issues raised in the motion through a

conference with opposing counsel or that a good faith attempt to comply

with this requirement was precluded by the opposing party’s

unwillingness to confer.

(2) Motion. Any discovery motion shall be filed within fourteen (14) days

of receipt of the opposing party’s reply to a discovery request. In the

event a party files a motion requesting discovery and inspection, it shall

include a statement setting forth in detail the statements, reports,

tangibleobjects, or other matters or documents, which are being requested

and those which the other party has voluntarily disclosed, and shall

include a copy of the discovery request letter and any response. Except

in an emergency, no discovery motion, or request for a bill of particulars,

shall be filed until the opposing party has failed to provide the requested

discovery as agreed, or has failed to respond in writing to a written

request.

(3) Response to Motion. The opposing party must file its response to all

discovery motions within fourteen (14) days of receipt, stating, as to

each request, its basis for opposing that request, including citations to

authority.

(4) Agreement. If a party agrees in writing to provide the requested

discovery, the agreement shall be enforceable to the same extent as a court

order requiring the agreed-upon disclosure. If a party does not agree to

provide the requested information, that party must provide the basis for its

position in writing.

(5) Multi-defendant Cases. In multi-defendant cases involving more than

five (5) defendants, no discovery motions shall be filed unless there

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is demonstrable urgent need for a particular discovery motion, or

otherwise ordered by the court. If a discovery motion is to be filed, the

defendant parties must endeavor to the maximum extent possible to file

a single consolidated motion. Each defendant need not join in every

written request submitted to the government or filed in a consolidated

motion, but all defense requests and motions, whether or not joined by

each defendant, must, to the maximum extent possible, be contained

within a single document or filing.

(6) Continuing Duty. Each party is under a duty, when it learns that a prior

disclosure was in some respect inaccurate or incomplete, to supplement

promptly any disclosure required by court order, these rules, or the

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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