18 USC § 3502 - Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3502"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3502 - Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3502"
section_name: "Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony"
chapter_number: 223
chapter_name: "WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title II, § 701(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 211.)"
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# § 3502. Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–351, title II, § 701(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 211.)