§ 2247. — Documentary evidence.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 28USC2247]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 153--HABEAS CORPUS
Sec. 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.
(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.
