18 U.S.C. § 3432 — Indictment and list of jurors and witnesses for prisoner in capital cases
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 98 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires a person charged with treason or another capital offense to receive the indictment and specified lists before trial. The court may withhold the lists if disclosure would likely threaten someone’s life or safety.
A person charged with treason or other capital offense must at least three entire days before beginment of trial, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays, be furnished with a copy of the indictment and a list of the veniremen, and of the witnesses to be produced on the trial for proving the indictment, stating the place of abode of each venireman and witness, except that such list of the veniremen and witnesses need not be furnished if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing the list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person.
A person charged with treason or other capital offense shall at least three entire days before commencement of trial, excluding intermediate weekends and holidays, be furnished with a copy of the indictment and a list of the veniremen, and of the witnesses to be produced on the trial for proving the indictment, stating the place of abode of each venireman and witness, except that such list of the veniremen and witnesses need not be furnished if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing the list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 831; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60025, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1982; Pub. L. 111–16, § 3(10), May 7, 2009, 123 Stat. 1608.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 831
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1982
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-16 · 123 Stat. 1608
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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