Legal Opinion
United States v. Zavkibeg Ashurov
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 12, 2013No. 12-2711PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge:
After a jury convicted Zavkibeg Ashurov of presenting a materially false statement in an immigration form, the District Court entered a judgment of acquittal, concluding that the statute of conviction required, but that the Government had not proved, that the statement was made under oath.
The relevant statute punishes
[w]hoever knowingly makes under oath, or ... under penalty of perjury ... knowingly subscribes as true, any false statement with respect to a material fact in any ... document required by the immigration laws ... or knowingly presents…
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