Legal Opinion
Weiler v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 29, 1945No. 340PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
This Court stated in Hammer v. United States, 271 U. S. 620, 626, that “The general rule in prosecutions for perjury is that the uncorroborated oath of one witness is not enough to establish the falsity of the testimony of the accused set forth in the indictment.” The question here is whether it is reversible error to refuse to charge the jury to this effect.
The petitioner was convicted of perjury in a federal district court. In a prior criminal proceeding for violation of Office of Price Administration regulations he had testified that he had neither bought nor had in his possession in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bruno v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hammer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1912
- Goins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
- Marvel v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1925
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