{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3510","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3510.","heading":"Rights of victims to attend and observe trial","status":null,"guid":"idbeb9db76-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 105–6, § 2(a), Mar. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 12.)","seq_in_title":1178,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch223","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch223","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 223—","heading":"WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7548d5c2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3510\"><num value=\"3510\">§ 3510.</num><heading> Rights of victims to attend and observe trial</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7548d5c3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3510/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Non-Capital Cases</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any statute, rule, or other provision of law, a United States district court shall not order any victim of an offense excluded from the trial of a defendant accused of that offense because such victim may, during the sentencing hearing, make a statement or present any information in relation to the sentence.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7548d5c4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3510/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Capital Cases</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any statute, rule, or other provision of law, a United States district court shall not order any victim of an offense excluded from the trial of a defendant accused of that offense because such victim may, during the sentencing hearing, testify as to the effect of the offense on the victim and the victim’s family or as to any other factor for which notice is required under section 3593(a).</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7548d5c5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3510/c\"><num value=\"c\">(c)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>As used in this section, the term “victim” includes all persons defined as victims in section 503(e)(2) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id7548d5c6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/6/s2/a\">Pub. L. 105–6, § 2(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1997-03-19\">Mar. 19, 1997</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/111/12\">111 Stat. 12</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7548d5c7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id7548d5c8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id7548d5c9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section 503(e)(2) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t34/s20141/e/2\">section 20141(e)(2) of Title 34</ref>, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7548d5ca-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7548d5cb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/105/6/s2/d\">Pub. L. 105–6, § 2(d)</ref>, <date date=\"1997-03-19\">Mar. 19, 1997</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/111/13\">111 Stat. 13</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/105/6/s2/d\">“The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3593\">section 3593 of this title</ref>] shall apply in cases pending on the date of the enactment of this Act [<date date=\"1997-03-19\">Mar. 19, 1997</date>].”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}