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D.R.I. LR Cr 32
Sentencing and Presentence Reports
(a) Sentencing Witnesses; Expert Report. If defense counsel intends to present any witness,
including any expert witness and/or any report produced by an expert, at the sentencing
hearing, counsel shall inform the Court and the government of such intent and shall provide
the government with a copy of any such report at least 7 days prior to the sentencing hearing,
unless otherwise ordered.
(b) Presentence Investigative Report.
(1) Confidentiality of Presentence Reports.
(A) Presentence reports prepared pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(d) shall not be
disclosed by the Probation Office or made public except:
(i) to the defendant or his counsel, to the United States Attorney, or to
agencies with statutory responsibilities requiring review of a report; or
(ii) as may be ordered by the Court.
(B) When a demand for disclosure of a presentence report and/or for testimony
regarding a presentence report is made by way of subpoena or other judicial
process to a probation officer of this Court, the probation officer shall file a
petition seeking instruction from the Court with respect to responding to the
subpoena. No disclosure shall be made except upon an order issued by this
Court.
Effective 12/1/19: §(b)(1) deleted; §(b)(2) redesignated as (b)(1). Effective 12/1/11: §(a) deleted; §§(b) and (c)
redesignated as §§(a) and (b). The numerical references in this rule were altered as part of the restyling of numerical
references throughout the Local Rules. Effective 3/17/08: §(a) amended.
History
CROSS-REFERENCES See LR Cr 11 (Pleas). See also LR Gen 102 (Documents Containing Confidential Information).
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- 2026-09-18
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