FEDERAL · 28 U.S.C. · Chapter 153
Return or answer; conclusiveness
28 U.S.C. § 2248
Title28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Chapter153 — HABEAS CORPUS
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28 U.S.C. § 2248.
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The allegations of a return to the writ of habeas corpus or of an answer to an order to show cause in a habeas corpus proceeding, if not traversed, shall be accepted as true except to the extent that the judge finds from the evidence that they are not true.
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History
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)
Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. At common law the return was conclusive and could not be controverted but it is now almost universally held that the return is not conclusive of the facts alleged therein. 39 C.J.S. pp. 664–666, §§98, 99.
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. At common law the return was conclusive and could not be controverted but it is now almost universally held that the return is not conclusive of the facts alleged therein. 39 C.J.S. pp. 664–666, §§98, 99.
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