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Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > PART II—CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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is charged with a felony or a Class A misdemeanor;

(Added Pub. L. 88–455, § 2 , Aug. 20, 1964 , 78 Stat. 552 ; amended Pub. L. 90–578, title III, § 301(a)(1) , Oct. 17, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1115 ; Pub. L. 91–447, § 1 , Oct. 14, 1970 , 84 Stat. 916 ; Pub. L. 93–412, § 3 , Sept. 3, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1093 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title II, § 206(a) , (b), Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 53 ; Pub. L. 98–473, title II , §§ 223(e), 405, 1901, Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2028 , 2067, 2185; Pub. L. 99–651, title I , §§ 102, 103, Nov. 14, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3642 , 3645; Pub. L. 100–182, § 19 , Dec. 7, 1987 , 101 Stat. 1270 ; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7101(f) , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4416 ; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321 , Dec. 1, 1990 , 104 Stat. 5117 ; Pub. L. 104–132, title IX, § 903(a) , Apr. 24, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1318 ; Pub. L. 105–119, title III, § 308 , Nov. 26, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2493 ; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(1) [title III, § 308(a)] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1535 , 1501A–37; Pub. L. 106–518, title II , §§ 210, 211, Nov. 13, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2415 ; Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title III, § 304 , Dec. 8, 2004 , 118 Stat. 2894 ; Pub. L. 110–406 , §§ 11–12(b), Oct. 13, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4293 , 4294; Pub. L. 111–174, § 7 , May 27, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1217 ; Pub. L. 118–47, div. B, title III, § 307 , Mar. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 542 .)

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