Rule 22 Hearings on Issuance of Search Warrants

When a judge is deciding whether to approve a search warrant, sometimes people give spoken testimony that is not written down in the official paperwork. If that conversation is not being recorded, the judge needs to write down notes about what was said.

This protects everyone involved. If someone later questions how the warrant was approved, there will be a written record of the spoken testimony the judge heard before making the decision.