Amendment109th Congress
Amendment limits harmless error sentencing claims in Federal courts.
- Amendment Number
- 532
- Description
- Amendment limits harmless error sentencing claims in Federal courts.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record to provide that fact-intensive and time-consuming "harmless-error sentencing claims" will be reviewed again in Federal court only if the State court erred in determining that the claim was subject to harmlessness review.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 14, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A013) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 13:40:27
- Submitted Date
- Sep 14, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022