28 U.S.C. § 2247

Section 2247 · Documentary evidence

Viewing 28 U.S.C. § 2247 as in effect on June 25, 1948.

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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June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.

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Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA)
Federal law that introduced a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus petitions by state prisoners and imposed significant deference to state-court adjudications. Codified across 28 U.S.C. and 18 U.S.C.
28 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2266