Legal Opinion
United States v. Odom
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1972No. Crim. 14626PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEALON, District Judge.
Defendant, a federal prisoner at Lewisburg Penitentiary, was tried by a jury on an indictment charging him with murdering a fellow inmate, Carl J. Jagiello “by means of stabbing him with a knife, 13" long, made from a piece of steel, tapered to a point and sharpened”. After seven days of trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree without capital punishment. Defendant has moved for a new trial contending that (a) he has discovered new evidence indicating that an essential government witness committed perjury; (b)…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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