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title: "18 U.S.C. § 3006"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 3006 - Assignment of counsel—(Rule)

## Text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Appointment by court, rule 44. Accused to be informed of right to counsel, rules 5 and 44.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 814.)