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authority type
rule
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
official_current_rule
precedential status
binding_national_procedural_rule
decision or issuance date
1944-12-26
subsequent history
Rule 33 was last amended effective December 1, 2009; current federal criminal rules status was checked on August 24, 2026.
negative treatment status
Current text checked; no later Rule 33 amendment identified.
material limitations
The rule does not define circuit-specific merits standards.

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Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33

Propositions supported

  • Subsection (a) defines who may move, the interest-of-justice relief, and the additional bench-trial options.
  • Subsection (b)(1) supplies the three-year deadline and pending-appeal restriction for newly discovered evidence.
  • Subsection (b)(2) supplies the fourteen-day deadline for all other grounds.

Material limitations

Rule 33 does not itself define the circuit-specific merits tests for newly discovered evidence, recantation, weight of the evidence, or alleged trial error. It must be read with Rule 45 for computation and extensions and with controlling case law for the nonjurisdictional character of its deadlines.

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