2019 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part VI - Particular Proceedings
Chapter 153 - Habeas Corpus
Sec. 2245 - Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence
| 28 U.S.C. § 2245 (2019) |
| ยง2245. Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence |
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On the hearing of an application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of the detention of a person pursuant to a judgment the certificate of the judge who presided at the trial resulting in the judgment, setting forth the facts occurring at the trial, shall be admissible in evidence. Copies of the certificate shall be filed with the court in which the application is pending and in the court in which the trial took place. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
This section makes no substantive change in existing law. It is derived from H.R. 4232 introduced in the first session of the Seventy-ninth Congress by Chairman Sumners of the House Committee on the Judiciary. It clarifies existing law and promotes uniform procedure. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART VI - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 153 - HABEAS CORPUS Sec. 2245 - Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence |
| section 2245 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 62 Stat. 966 |
