Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73
§2247 Documentary evidence
Title 28 › Part PART VI— - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › Chapter CHAPTER 153— - HABEAS CORPUS › § 2247
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Title 28, §2247
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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.
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Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It is declaratory of existing law and practice.
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28 U.S.C. § 2247
Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73