Wyo. R. Crim. P. 17.1 (2026)

Rule 17.1. Pretrial Conference.

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. 1062, 1992 Wyo. LEXIS 76 (Wyo. 1992), reh’g Evidence admissible though not dis- denied, 1992 Wyo. LEXIS 84 (Wyo. July 8, cussed at conference. — The use of a pretrial 1992). conference is not a limitation in itself for pre- Law reviews. — For discussion of Rule 410, venting the introduction of evidence at trial; Fed. R. Evid., relating to inadmissibility of thus, the fact that a piece of evidence was not pleas, offers of pleas and related statements, discussed at the pretrial conference does not see XII Land & Water L. Rev. 601 (1977). make it inadmissible. Phillips v. State, 835 P.2d