§ 2245. — Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC2245]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 153--HABEAS CORPUS
Sec. 2245. Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence
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.
