A bill to amend section 2254 (relating to Federal habeas corpus for certain persons in State custody) of title 28 of the United States Code to provide that the exclusionary rule apply in cases under that section to the same extent that the exclusionary rule would apply in an appellate proceeding arising out of the conviction on which such custody is based.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 March 1977

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Stipulates that if the relevant State judgment in a Federal habeas corpus action resulted from a trial in which illegally obtained evidence was admitted then the judgment shall have no more validity that it would have had in a proceeding for appellate review.

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summary · EN · 30 March 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/5776
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