§ 3047. — Multiple warrants unnecessary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3047]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 203--ARREST AND COMMITMENT
Sec. 3047. Multiple warrants unnecessary
When two or more charges are made, or two or more indictments are
found against any person, only one writ or warrant shall be necessary to
commit him for trial. It shall be sufficient to state in the writ the
name or general character of the offenses, or to refer to them only in
general terms.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 816.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 602 (R.S. Sec. 1027).
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
