The court may, at the time of the arraignment or as soon thereafter as practicable, set a time for the making of pretrial motions or requests and, if required, a later date of hearing. NOTE: Section 65.20 supersedes paragraph 3 of former § 997 and former Rule 12(b). It is substantively the same as proposed Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. See generally 8 Moore, Federal Practice &12.02[2] (1974). In contrast to
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prior law, § 65.20 anticipates that most pretrial motions will be set for hearing after arraignment; former law provided for hearing before arraignment but permitted extensions of time. Nothing in this Section is intended to preclude the hearing of motions before arraignment, e.g., motions to suppress evidence (at preliminary examination); requests for discovery. As indicated above, commonly motions will be heard after arraignment at the time set by the court for hearing.