28 U.S.C. § 2247
Section 2247 · Documentary evidence
This is the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Hampton v. Wyrick (1978)
Most recently applied in Garuti v. Roden (October 2013)
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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.
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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Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It is declaratory of existing law and practice.