Rule 17.1 Pretrial Conference
Rule Text
At any time after the filing of the indictment, information or citation the court upon motion of any party or upon its own motion may order one or more conferences to consider such matters as will promote a fair and expeditious trial. At the conclusion of a conference the court shall prepare and file a memorandum of the matters agreed upon. No admissions made by the defendant or the defendant’s attorney at the conference shall be used against the defendant unless the admissions are reduced to writing and signed by the defendant and the defendant’s attorney. This rule shall not be invoked in the case of a defendant who is not represented by counsel. Compare. — Rule 17.1, Fed. Rules Cr. Proc. Evidence admissible though not discussed at conference. — The use of a pretrial conference is not a limitation in itself for preventing the introduction of evidence at trial; thus, the fact that a piece of evidence was not discussed at the pretrial conference does not make it inadmissible. Phillips v. State, 835 P.2d 1062, 1992 Wyo. LEXIS 76 (Wyo. 1992), reh’g denied, 1992 Wyo. LEXIS 84 (Wyo. July 8, 1992).