18 U.S.C. § 3151
Refund of forfeited bail
Appropriations available to refund money erroneously received and deposited in the Treasury are available to refund any part of forfeited bail deposited into the Treasury and ordered remitted under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1968–1994 · leading case: United States v. Jo Ann Williams
United States v. Jo Ann Williams (1980)
“We further note the specific reference to the court’s exercise of its contempt power in 18 U.S.C. § 3151 , which provides: Nothing in this chapter [ 18 U.”
Caldwell v. United States (1991)
“Rather, Congress intended § 23-1329 to provide expedited punishment for violation of a condition of pretrial release, stating explicitly that in addition to revocation of release, “[t]he second sanction is a clear and specific contempt section to supplement the vague provision…”
United States v. Michael Lynn Clark (1969)
“Violation of a condition of release constitutes contempt, and for contempt the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are the only limitation of the punishment which may be imposed, short of the Court’s sound discretion.”
Frank A. Anglin, Jr. v. Steven Johnston, Parole Executive, United States Board of Parole (1975)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 3151 . Despite their silence as to effect oh other sentences, these provisions have been held to have no dimunition effect on such other sentences.”
Hubert Geroid Brown, AKA H. Rap Brown, AKA R. Hall, AKA R. H. Brown v. United States (1969)
“18 U.S.C. § 3151 : “Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of the United States of its power to punish for contempt.”
United States of America Ex Rel. H. Rap Brown, Relator v. Honorable Raymond Fogel, City Sergeant, Alexandria, Virginia, (1968)
“But, 18 U.S.C.A. § 3151 expressly preserves, unaffected by the Act, the power of any court of the United States to punish for contempt.”
United States v. Williams (1994)
“as a distinct successor to Morning 1 18 U.S.C. § 3151 et seq. 2 Prior to the second indictment, co-defendants Charles and Eugene Sykes pleaded guilty.”
United States v. Gamble (1969)
“§ 3150 makes only willful failures to appear criminal, and while 18 U.S.C. § 3151 permits a violation of conditions of relief to be punished as a contempt, 18 U.”
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