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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
2009-04-06
subsequent history
Current official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
No contrary current enactment or Supreme Court holding identified in official-primary-source review through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Use only for the propositions and boundaries stated in the linked canonical module.
Section 3501(c) leaves the McNabb–Mallory exclusionary rule operative for a federal confession made beyond the six-hour safe harbor, subject to the statutory allowance for reasonable delay considering transportation and distance; the court then asks whether presentment delay was unnecessary or unreasonable.
Material limitation
The six-hour rule concerns confession admissibility and is not the Rule 5 presentment deadline or the Fourth Amendment probable-cause clock.