---
title: "Build a hearing running sheet from the brief"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/draft-a-defended-hearing-running-sheet-from-the-brief-and-instructions/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A20-A20260923-2-US"
practice_area: "Criminal Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a hearing running sheet from the brief

> In the order the lawyer names, list each witness and the exhibit numbers the lawyer assigns. Do not write an opening, a question, or a closing.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/draft-a-defended-hearing-running-sheet-from-the-brief-and-instructions/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | In the order the lawyer names, list each witness and the exhibit numbers the lawyer assigns. Do not write an opening, a question, or a closing. |
| What the lawyer must review | You conduct the hearing. Rule 16 is the federal disclosure rule for the statements, prior record, and documents described in Rule 16(a). The running sheet does not decide what is admissible. No evidence rule was opened. Model Rule 3.3 applies to a fact you put before the court. Formal Opinion 512 applies before the brief goes into a tool. A witness who is not in the brief or in your instructions is not added. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft a defended-hearing running sheet from the brief and instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/draft-a-defended-hearing-running-sheet-from-the-brief-and-instructions.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: In the order the lawyer names, list each witness and the exhibit numbers the lawyer assigns. Do not write an opening, a question, or a closing.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not write the questions. They are the lawyer's.
- State hearings use the state evidence rules. None was opened.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_16) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 3.3, Candor Toward the Tribunal](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_3_3_candor_toward_the_tribunal/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Defended hearing preparation and attendance checklist (NSW Local Court summary proceedings)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/defended-hearing-preparation-attendance-checklist-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for a defended hearing in the NSW Local Court: brief served and complete, objections, defence witnesses and subpoenas, client attendance and the risk of a hearing in absence, interpreters,… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*