legislation: 96-hr-1780

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96-hr-1780 96 hr 1780 A bill to provide for the recovery by a prevailing defendant in Federal criminal cases of a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. Law 1979-02-01 1979-02-01 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] IL R C000873 0 Provides that the United States shall pay reasonable litigation costs, including attorney fees in a Federal criminal case, to any defendant: (1) who is not convicted after trial; (2) whose prosecution is dismissed with prejudice; or (3) whose conviction is ultimately vitiated, unless such vitiation is by a pardon on grounds other than innocence. 2021-06-14T19:22:27Z  

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