MINNESOTA COURT RULES

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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FORM 19 - MOTION BY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR DISCOVERY BY ORDER OF THE COURT IN FELONY OR GROSS MISDEMEANOR CASE

STATE OF MINNESOTA	DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF _	_ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

_,	)	MOTION BY PROSECUTING
Plaintiff,	)	ATTORNEY FOR
	)	DISCOVERY BY ORDER
vs.	)	OF THE COURT IN
	)	FELONY OR GROSS
_,	)	MISDEMEANOR CASE
Defendant.	)	District Court File No. _

Pursuant to Rule 9.02, subd. 2(1), Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, the State informs the Court that one or more of the discovery procedure(s) marked below will be of material aid in determining whether the Defendant in the above entitled matter committed the offense charged, and moves this Court to order the Defendant to:

_	(a) Appear in a lineup;
_	(b) Speak for identification by witnesses to the offense or for the purpose of taking voice prints;
_	(c) Be fingerprinted or permit palm prints or footprints to be taken;
_	(d) Permit measurements of the Defendant's body to be taken;
_	(e) Pose for photographs not involving reenactment of a scene;
_	(f) Permit the taking of samples of the Defendant's (blood) (hair) (saliva) (urine) (other)_;
_	(g) Provide specimens of the Defendant's handwriting;
_	(h) Submit to reasonable physical or medical inspection.

The discovery procedure(s) marked above will be of material aid in this case for the following reasons:

The following facts constitute probable cause to believe that a blood test will aid in establishing the guilt of the Defendant:

The State further moves that the Defendant be ordered to appear on

_ at	_
(time)	(place)

and submit to the aforementioned discovery procedure(s).

Dated: _	_
	(Prosecuting Attorney)
	Name:
	Attorney License No.:
	Title:
	Address:
	Telephone No.:

(Effective for criminal actions commenced or arrests made after 12 o'clock midnight January 1, 1990.)