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TITLE 9
CRIMINAL RESOURCE MANUAL

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  1. Procedures for Securing Witness Protection
  2. Use of Relocated Witnesses or Former Protected Witnesses as Informants
  3. Utilization of Persons in Custody of BOP or USMS for Investigative Purposes, or as Targets of Investigative Activity
  4. Utilization of BOP Employees for Investigative Purposes
  5. Witness Services
  6. Subsistence Guidelines
  7. Employment of Protected Witnesses
  8. Prisoner-Witnesses
  9. Arrest of Relocated Witnesses
  10. Release Form -- Psychological Evaluation
  11. Release Form -- Polygraph Examination
  12. Pretrial Diversion
  13. USA Form 185 -- Letter to Offender
  14. USA Form 184 -- Pretrial Diversion Referral Letter to Chief Pretrial Services Officer
  15. USA Form 186 -- Pretrial Diversion Agreement
  16. Use Immunity, Transactional Immunity, Informal Immunity, Derivative Use
  17. Transactional Immunity Distinguished
  18. Derivative Use Immunity
  19. Informal Immunity Distinguished From Formal Immunity
  20. Authorization Procedure for Immunity Requests
  21. Immunity Request Form
  22. Letter of Authority
  23. Procedure Upon Receipt of Letter of Authority -- Obtaining the Court Order
  24. Expiration of Authority to Compel
  25. Use of Immunized Testimony by Sentencing Court
  26. Steps to Avoid Taint
  27. Civil Contempt
  28. Criminal Contempt
  29. Instructions for Completing Form 792 -- Report on Convicted Prisoners by United States Attorney
  30. Form 792-- Report on Convicted Prisoners by United States Attorney
  31. Purpose of the Prisoner Transfer Program
  32. Eligibility for Transfer
  33. Effect of Transfer
  34. Review of Prisoner Transfer Requests
  35. Reconsideration of Transfer Requests
  36. Role of the United States Attorneys' Offices and Law Enforcement Agencies -- Providing Assistance to the International Prisoner Transfer Unit
  37. Sample Form Used by the IPTU to Obtain the Views of the United States United States Attorney's Office
  38. Alerting Defense Counsel to Issues Concerning Defendant's Immigration Status
  39. Verification Hearings
  40. Countries with Which Prisoner Transfer Treaties Are in Effect
  41. Protocol for the Effective Handling of Collateral Attacks on Convictions Brought Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241
  42. -751 [RESERVED]
  43. General Definition of Contempt
  44. Elements of the Offense of Contempt
  45. Criminal Versus Civil Contempt
  46. Tests for Distinguishing Between Civil and Criminal Contempt -- Nature of Relief Sought
  47. Tests for Distinguishing Between Civil and Criminal Contempt -- Mechanical Distinction
  48. Tests for Distinguishing Between Civil and Criminal Contempt -- Purging
  49. Characterization of the Action When Both Criminal and Civil Contempts Elements are Present
  50. Indirect Versus Direct Contempt
  51. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Institution of the Action
  52. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Federal Jurisdiction and Venue
  53. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Notice Under Rule 42(b) of the Rules of Criminal Procedure
  54. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Probable Cause of a Willful Violation
  55. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Necessity of a Demand for Compliance With the Decree
  56. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Use of a Single Petition to Institute Both a Civil and Criminal Contempt Action
  57. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Role of the Grand Jury
  58. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Persons Against Whom the Action May Be Commenced
  59. Indirect Criminal Contempt -- Role of the Prosecutor
  60. Defenses -- Negation of Essential Elements
  61. Defenses -- Statute of Limitations
  62. Defenses -- Good Faith Reliance Upon the Advice of Counsel
  63. Defenses -- Purging
  64. Defenses -- Failure to Attempt to Obtain Compliance Prior to Filing
  65. Defenses -- Violation of an Invalid Decree
  66. Defenses -- Inability Versus Refusal to Comply
  67. Consolidation for Trial of Issues in Civil and Criminal Contempt Proceedings
  68. Right to Counsel
  69. Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
  70. Burden of Proof in a Criminal Contempt Action
  71. Direct Contempt -- Witness's Refusal to Obey Court Order to Testify at Trial Versus Witness's Refusal to Obey Court Order to Testify Before a Grand Jury
  72. Direct Contempt -- Necessity of Warning of Contemptuous Conduct
  73. Direct Contempt -- Summary Punishment at the End of Trial-Judicial Bias
  74. Direct Contempt -- Certification of Judge Under Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  75. Least Possible Power Rule
  76. Jury Trial
  77. Public Trial
  78. Double Jeopardy
  79. Sentencing -- Effect of 18 U.S.C. § 401 on the Appropriate Fine or Imprisonment
  80. Sentencing -- Discretion with Respect to the Appropriate Fine or Imprisonment
  81. Appeal
  82. Retroactivity of Amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 2255
  83. Incentives for Subjects and Targets of Criminal Investigations and Defendants in Criminal Cases to Provide Foreign Intelligence Information
  84. -799 [RESERVED]