A bill to provide for the recovery by a prevailing defendant in Federal criminal cases of a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs.

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Introduced

1 February 1979

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Provides that the United States shall pay reasonable litigation costs, including attorney fees in a Federal criminal case, to any defendant: (1) who is not convicted after trial; (2) whose prosecution is dismissed with prejudice; or (3) whose conviction is ultimately vitiated, unless such vitiation is by a pardon on grounds other than innocence.

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summary · EN · 1 February 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/1780
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