{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-2247","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 2247","heading":"Documentary evidence","body":"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.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 153—HABEAS CORPUS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"05e26e662ecbca37beb0a60c0de88fe7e9feef47500bf8bd8caa8132b3b58ebd","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-2246","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-2248"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}