18 U.S.C. 3771, 62 Stat. 846, June 25, 1948

 

 

§ 3771.  Procedure to and including verdict

 

The Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, from time to time, rules of pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to any or all proceedings prior to and including verdict, or finding of guilty or not guilty by the court if a jury has been waived, or plea of guilty, in criminal cases and proceedings to punish for criminal contempt of court in district courts of the United States, including the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands, in the Supreme Courts of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and in proceedings before United States commissioners.  Such rules shall not take effect until they shall have been reported to Congress by the Attorney General at the beginning of a regular session thereof and until after the close of such session, and thereafter all laws in conflict therewith shall be of no further force and effect.

Nothing in this title, anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding, shall in any way limit, supersede, or repeal any such rules heretofore prescribed by the Supreme Court.

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This section repealed by 102 Stat. 4651, § 404(a), Nov. 19, 1988.

 

 

See also:

 

63 Stat.   98, §  59,       May  24, 1949

64 Stat.  158, §   1,       May  10, 1950

72 Stat.  348, §  12(k),    Jul.  7, 1958

73 Stat.   11, §  14(g),    Mar. 18, 1959

82 Stat. 1115, § 301(a)(2), Oct. 17, 1968

 

 

63 Stat. 98, § 59, May 24, 1949:

 

§ 59.  The first paragraph of section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words “district courts of the United States, including the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands,” and inserting in lieu thereof the following:  the United States district courts, in the district courts for the territory of Alaska, the district of the Canal Zone and the Virgin Islands,”.

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See also 18 U.S.C. 3231, 62 Stat. 826, § 1, Notes:

 

Changed by Senate amendment.  Senate Report 1620, amendment No. 10, 80th Cong.