[House Document 108-182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-182


 
         AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME

                       COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
            ADOPTED BY THE COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072




April 28, 2004.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 26, 2004.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure and the rules and forms governing cases in the United 
States district courts under Sections 2254 and 2255 of Title 
28, United States Code, that have been adopted by the Supreme 
Court of the United States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 
28, United States Code.
    Accompanying these rules are excerpts from the report of 
the Judicial Conference of the United States containing the 
Committee Notes submitted to the Court for its consideration 
pursuant to Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
            Sincerely,
                                              William H. Rehnquist.


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