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28 U.S.C. 2247: Documentary evidenceText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 28-JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURECHAPTER 153-HABEAS CORPUS
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§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 .)

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Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It is declaratory of existing law and practice.