28-U.S.C.-2245
§2245 – Certificate of Trial Judge Admissible In Evidence
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Title 28 > Part VI > Chapter 153 > Section 2245
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- Reference: Section 2245
- Legend: §2245 – Certificate of Trial Judge Admissible In Evidence
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)
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.
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