Rule 16(c)(10) authorizes the use of special pretrial procedures to expedite the adjudication of potentially difficult or protracted cases. Some district courts obviously have done so for many years.
Rule 16's disclosure requirements - disclosing the results of scientific tests (16(a)(l)(F)), the witness' written summary (16(a)(l)(G)), and documents and items material to preparing the defense (16(a)( l)(E)) - are often jointly satisfied when presenting expert forensic testimony, since disclosure of the test results ...