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18 U.S.C. § 3292 — Suspension of limitations to permit United States to obtain foreign evidence
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**(a)**
(1) Upon application of the United States, filed before return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of an offense is in a foreign country, the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of the statute of limitations for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an official request has been made for such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in such foreign country.
(2) The court shall rule upon such application not later than thirty days after the filing of the application.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a period of suspension under this section shall begin on the date on which the official request is made and end on the date on which the foreign court or authority takes final action on the request.
**(c)** The total of all periods of suspension under this section with respect to an offense—
(1) shall not exceed three years; and
(2) shall not extend a period within which a criminal case must be initiated for more than six months if all foreign authorities take final action before such period would expire without regard to this section.
**(d)** As used in this section, the term “official request” means a letter rogatory, a request under a treaty or convention, or any other request for evidence made by a court of the United States or an authority of the United States having criminal law enforcement responsibility, to a court or other authority of a foreign country.
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**(a)**
(1) Upon application of the United States, filed before return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of an offense is in a foreign country, the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of the statute of limitations for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an official request has been made for such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in such foreign country.
(2) The court shall rule upon such application not later than thirty days after the filing of the application.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a period of suspension under this section shall begin on the date on which the official request is made and end on the date on which the foreign court or authority takes final action on the request.
**(c)** The total of all periods of suspension under this section with respect to an offense—
(1) shall not exceed three years; and
(2) shall not extend a period within which a criminal case must be initiated for more than six months if all foreign authorities take final action before such period would expire without regard to this section.
**(d)** As used in this section, the term “official request” means a letter rogatory, a request under a treaty or convention, or any other request for evidence made by a court of the United States or an authority of the United States having criminal law enforcement responsibility, to a court or other authority of a foreign country.
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**(a)**
(1) In a criminal proceeding in a court of the United States, a foreign record of regularly conducted activity, or a copy of such record, shall not be excluded as evidence by the hearsay rule if a foreign certification attests that—
(A) such record was made, at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth, by (or from information transmitted by) a person with knowledge of those matters;
(B) such record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity;
(C) the business activity made such a record as a regular practice; and
(D) if such record is not the original, such record is a duplicate of the original;
unless the source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness.
(2) A foreign certification under this section shall authenticate such record or duplicate.
**(b)** At the arraignment or as soon after the arraignment as practicable, a party intending to offer in evidence under this section a foreign record of regularly conducted activity shall provide written notice of that intention to each other party. A motion opposing admission in evidence of such record shall be made by the opposing party and determined by the court before trial. Failure by a party to file such motion before trial shall constitute a waiver of objection to such record or duplicate, but the court for cause shown may grant relief from the waiver.
**(c)** As used in this section, the term—
(1) “foreign record of regularly conducted activity” means a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, maintained in a foreign country;
(2) “foreign certification” means a written declaration made and signed in a foreign country by the cus
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**(a)** In any case involving a defendant charged with an offense, the appropriate judicial officer, at the earliest practicable time, shall, after consultation with the counsel for the defendant and the attorney for the Government, set the case for trial on a day certain, or list it for trial on a weekly or other short-term trial calendar at a place within the judicial district, so as to assure a speedy trial.
**(b)** Any information or indictment charging an individual with the commission of an offense shall be filed within thirty days from the date on which such individual was arrested or served with a summons in connection with such charges. If an individual has been charged with a felony in a district in which no grand jury has been in session during such thirty-day period, the period of time for filing of the indictment shall be extended an additional thirty days.
**(c)**
(1) In any case in which a plea of not guilty is entered, the trial of a defendant charged in an information or indictment with the commission of an offense shall commence within seventy days from the filing date (and making public) of the information or indictment, or from the date the defendant has appeared before a judicial officer of the court in which such charge is pending, whichever date last occurs. If a defendant consents in writing to be tried before a magistrate judge on a complaint, the trial shall commence within seventy days from the date of such consent.
(2) Unless the defendant consents in writing to the contrary, the trial shall not commence less than thirty days from the date on which the defendant first appears through counsel or expressly waives counsel and elects to proceed pro se.
**(d)**
(1) If any indictment or information is dismissed upon motion of the defendant, o
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3292
the applicable statute of limitations, or some
other reason that would bar a new prosecution.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829; Pub. L. 88–139,
§ 2, Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 88–520, § 2,
Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 100–690, title
VII, § 7081(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4407; Pub. L.
101–647, title XII, § 1213, title XXV, § 2595(b), title
XXXV, § 3580, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4833, 4907,
4929; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330011(q)(2),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2145.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 556a, 588, 589 (Apr.
30, 1934, ch. 170, § 1, 48 Stat. 648; May 10, 1934, ch. 278, §§ 2,
3, 48 Stat. 772).
Consolidation of sections 556a, 588, and 589 of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., without change of substance. The pro-
visions of said section 556a, with reference to time of
filing motion, were omitted and numerous changes of
phraseology were necessary to effect consolidation,
particularly in view of rules 6(b) and 12(b)(2), (3), (5) of
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Words ‘‘regular or special’’ were omitted and ‘‘reg-
ular’’ inserted after ‘‘succeeding’’ to harmonize with
section 3288 of this title.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, § 330011(q)(2), repealed amend-
ment by Pub. L. 101–647, § 1213. See 1990 Amendment
note below.
1990—Pub. L. 101–647, § 3580, inserted a comma after
‘‘information’’ the second place it appeared.
Pub. L. 101–647, § 2595(b), struck out ‘‘or, in the event
of an appeal, within 60 days of the date the dismissal of
the indictment or information becomes final,’’ after
‘‘the date of the dismissal of the indictment or infor-
mation’’ and inserted such language after ‘‘within six
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