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This section repealed by 102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:
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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.