HR 5866 · 95th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to change the procedure for the removal of certain State criminal cases to the Federal courts.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1977-03-31)
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Amends procedures for removing State criminal actions to Federal court to require, absent good cause, that the removal petition be filed within ten days of arraignment. Directs a United States district court, upon receiving a criminal removal petition, to promptly examine to and, if it is not appropriate for summary dismissal, conduct an evidentiary hearing.…
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