United States v. Armand Goguen

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Armand Goguen appeals from his conviction in the District of Massachusetts after a jury trial for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a) (1982), 1 which proscribes false declarations made knowingly before a federal court or grand jury. He was sentenced on February 7, 1983, to three years in prison. He has been incarcerated during the pendency of this appeal. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

The events which gave rise to Goguen’s false declarations occurred during the Thanksgiving weekend in 1981. At 2:35 A.M. on that Saturday, November 28, a fire broke out in the Hutchinson…