18 U.S.C. § 3502
Section 3502 · Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 31 court decisions — leading case United States v. Smith (1976)
Most recently applied in United States v. Patrick V. (February 2004)
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Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The testimony of a witness that he saw the accused commit or participate in the commission of the crime for which the accused is being tried shall be admissible in evidence in a criminal prosecution in any trial court ordained and established under article III of the Constitution of the United States.