Legal Opinion

Meyers v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 8, 1948No. 9797PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Blériot H. Lamarre and the appellant, Bennett E. Meyers, were jointly indicted for violating the District of Columbia statute 1 which denounces perjury and subornation thereof. Three counts of the indictment charged Lamarre with as many separate perjuries in his testimony before a subcommittee of a committee of the United States Senate constituted to investigate the national defense program, and three more counts accused Meyers of suborning the perjuries of his codefendant.

Lamarre pleaded guilty to all three charges when he was arraigned on December 19, 1947, a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  2. Abrams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Claassen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Christoffel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. George W. Brumley, Sr., Robert W. Harrison, and William T. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  3. United States v. Joseph BonacorsaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. Hsu v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. United States v. LattimoreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954

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