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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. § 3737. RECORD--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Preparation, form; typewritten record, Rule 39 (b). Exceptions abolished, Rule 51. Bill of exceptions unnecessary, Rule 37 (a) (1). § 3738. DOCKETING APPEAL AND RECORD--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Filing record on appeal and docketing proceeding; time, Rule 39 (c). § 3739. SUPERVISION--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Control and supervision in appellate court, Rule 39 (a). § 3740. ARGUMENT--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Setting appeal for argument; preference to criminal appeals, Rule 39 (d). § 3741. HARMLESS ERROR AND PLAIN ERROR--(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Error or defect as affecting substantial rights, Rule 52. Defects in indictment, Rule 7. Waiver of error, Rules 12 (b) (2) and 30. CHAPTER 237.-RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Sec. 3771. Procedure to and including verdict. 3772. Procedure after verdict. § 3771. PROCEDURE TO AND INCLUDING VERDICT The Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, from time to time, rules of pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to any or all proceedings prior to and including verdict, or finding of guilty or not guilty by the court if a jury has been waived, or plea of guilty, in criminal cases and proceedings to punish for criminal contempt of court in district courts of the United States, in- cluding the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands, in the Supreme Courts of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and in proceedings before United States commissioners. Such rules shall not take effect until they shall have been reported to Congress by the Attorney General at the begin- ning of a regular session thereof and until after the close of such session, and thereafter all laws in conflict therewith shall be of no further force and effect. Nothing in this title, anything therein to the contrary notwith- standing, shall in any way limit, supersede, or repeal any such rules heretofore prescribed by the Supreme Court. § 3772. PROCEDURE AFTER VERDICT The Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, from time to time, rules of practice and procedure with respect to any or all proceedings after verdict, or finding of guilt by the court if a jury has been waived, or plea of guilty, in criminal cases and proceedings to punish for criminal contempt in district courts of the United States, including the District Courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, District of Columbia, and Virgin Islands, in the Supreme Courts of Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and in the Supreme Court of the United States. This section shall not give the Supreme Court power to abridge the right of the accused to apply for withdrawal 846

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