18 U.S.C. § 3162
Sanctions
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 3162, Sanctions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449785
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In any case in which counsel for the defendant or the attorney for the Government (1) knowingly allows the case to be set for trial without disclosing the fact that a necessary witness would be unavailable for trial;
(2) files a motion solely for the purpose of delay which he knows is totally frivolous and without merit;
(3) makes a statement for the purpose of obtaining a continuance which he knows to be false and which is material to the granting of a continuance; or (4) otherwise willfully fails to proceed to trial without justification consistent with section 3161 of this chapter, the court may punish any such counsel or attorney, as follows:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Speedy Trial Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally