United States v. Ersel Stollings

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Ersel StoIIings was convicted of perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623, while testifying before the grand jury which returned the indictment resulting in the convictions reviewed and affirmed in United States v. Anderson, 481 F.2d 685 (4 Cir. 1973), aff’d, 414 U.S. 1091, 94 S.Ct. 720, 38 L.Ed.2d 548 (1974). Stoll-ings was convicted March 10, 1972, and his conviction became appealable when he was sentenced May 1, 1972, to a term of three years.

In this appeal, Stollings advances the contentions that his false declarations made before the grand jury were not material to…