Legal Opinion
United States v. Petite
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 17, 1957No. Crim. No. 23739PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
George B. Petite, indicted on two counts for subornation of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1622, seeks dismissal of the indictment on the ground of double jeopardy.
On August 21, 1956, the Grand Jury for the District of Maryland returned an indictment against Petite charging him on two counts with subornation of perjury. . The first count charges that Petite, *792suborned Georgios Modestou Kotsatos to commit perjury before the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) on February 14, 1952, at Baltimore. The second count charges that Petite suborned Louis Sitaras of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Braverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. BayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Petite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- George B. Petite v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. H. E. Koontz Creamery, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1964
- Petite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960