United States v. Donald E. Lasater

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from the district court’s entry of a “judgment of acquittal” in favor of Donald Lasater. Lasater is charged with four counts of perjury before a grand jury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623.

We hold that the district court was correct in finding that the testimony in question was not material to the grand jury investigation. Treating the district court’s order as a dismissal of the indictment, we affirm the dismissal. 1

In early 1975, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Missouri was investigating the affairs of former Missouri Governor…