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DEFENSES


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Information on defenses to federal criminal offenses is contained in the Criminal Resource Manual

Alibi
Discovery of Alibi Witnesses -- Fed. R.Crim. P. 12.1 Criminal Resource Manual at 629
Practice Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12.1 Criminal Resource Manual at 630
Unsolicited Disclosure by the Defendant Criminal Resource Manual at 631
Specific Incident During a Continuing Offense Criminal Resource Manual at 632
Suggested Form of Demand for Disclosure of Alibi Defense Criminal Resource Manual at 633


Insanity
Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 Criminal Resource Manual at 634
Mental Competency to Stand Trial Distinguished Criminal Resource Manual at 635
Prior Law Criminal Resource Manual at 636
Present Statutory Test -- 18 U.S.C. § 17(a) Criminal Resource Manual at 637
Burden of Proving Insanity -- 18 U.S.C. § 17(b) Criminal Resource Manual at 638
Scope of Expert Testimony Criminal Resource Manual at 639
Special Verdict -- "Not Guilty Only By Reason of Insanity" -- Related Commitment Procedures at 18 U.S.C. § 4243 Criminal Resource Manual at 640
Hospitalization of a Convicted Person Suffering from a Mental Disease or Defect -- 18 U.S.C. § 4244 Criminal Resource Manual at 641
Hospitalization of an Imprisoned Person Suffering from a Mental Disease or Defect Criminal Resource Manual at 642
Hospitalization of a Person Due for Release But Suffering from Mental Disease/Defect -- 18 U.S.C. § 4246 Criminal Resource Manual at 643
Criminal Division Contacts Criminal Resource Manual at 644


Entrapment
Elements Criminal Resource Manual at 645
Recent Entrapment Cases Criminal Resource Manual at 646
Proving Predisposition Criminal Resource Manual at 647
Outrageous Government Conduct Criminal Resource Manual at 648




Statute of Limitations
Statute of Limitations Defenses Criminal Resource Manual at 649
Length of Limitations Period Criminal Resource Manual at 650
Statute of Limitations for Continuing Offenses Criminal Resource Manual at 651
Statute of Limitations for Conspiracy Criminal Resource Manual at 652
Statute of Limitations and the Assimilative Crimes Act Criminal Resource Manual at 653
Statute of Limitations and RICO Criminal Resource Manual at 654
Statute of Limitations and Defective Indictments -- Superseding Indictments Criminal Resource Manual at 655
Waiver of the Statute of Limitations Criminal Resource Manual at 656
Tolling of Statute of Limitations Criminal Resource Manual at 657
Statute of Limitations and Tax Offenses Criminal Resource Manual at 658


October 1997 USAM Chapter 9-18