DISCOVERY BEFORE AND AT TRIAL

Not so very long ago, a defendant in a criminal case who wanted to get meaningful pre-trial discovery was looked upon as a sort of poor sport who was trying to circumvent the rules of the game. Since the July 1, 1966, amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, however, we do have somewhat of a retreat from this "sporting" approach it has been softened. Although we still don't have interrogatories or depositions for discovery purposes in criminal cases,1 documentary discovery which is so important in antitrust cases has been liberalized.