28 USC § 2247 - Documentary evidence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s2247"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 2247 - Documentary evidence"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2247"
section_name: "Documentary evidence"
chapter_number: 153
chapter_name: "HABEAS CORPUS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)"
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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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

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