28 U.S.C. § 2247

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)
Section 2247 - Documentary evidence

On application for a writ of habeas corpus documentary evidence, transcripts of proceedings upon arraignment, plea and sentence and a transcript of the oral testimony introduced on any previous similar application by or in behalf of the same petitioner, shall be admissible in evidence.

28 U.S.C. § 2247

June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It is declaratory of existing law and practice.