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title: "18 U.S.C. § 3502"
description: "Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony"
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title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_name: "WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3502"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 3502 - Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony
## Text
The testimony of a witness that he saw the accused commit or participate in the commission of the crime for which the accused is being tried shall be admissible in evidence in a criminal prosecution in any trial court ordained and established under article III of the Constitution of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 90351, title II, § 701(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 211.)