Guam § 65 - Failure to Raise Defenses or Objections; Consequences.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 65 — Failure to Raise Defenses or Objections; Consequences., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65. Failure to Raise Defenses or Objections; Consequences.
Failure by a party to raise defenses or objections or to make requests
which must be made prior to trial, at the time set by the court pursuant to §
65.15, or prior to any extension thereof made by the court, shall constitute a
waiver thereof, but the court for cause shown may grant relief from the
waiver.
COURT DECISIONS: D.C. Guam App. Div. People v. Grajo, DCA 86-00002
(1987) Since there was no good cause shown and since defendant did not raise the
issues involving the indictment before trial, he may not bring them up on appeal.
NOTE: Section 65.45 continues the substance of the third sentence of Paragraph 2 of
former § 997 and of Subdivision (b) of former Rule 12. See also Fed. R. Crim. P.
12(b)(2) and proposed Subdivision (f) of Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure. See generally 8 Moore, Federal Practice &12.03(1974).
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Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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