Legal Opinion
Van Liew v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1963No. 19252PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal from a judgment of conviction on two counts of perjury, the questions for our determination are whether the alleged perjured statement in one of the counts was lifted out of the context in which it was made and whether there is sufficient evidence to support the conviction on the other count. A careful scrutiny of the record convinces us that both of these questions must be answered favorably to the Defendant Gordon Van Liew, and the convictions must be reversed.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Maurice RoseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- United States v. NeffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- G. Elmer Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Gordon E. Van Liew, Dell Van Liew, Arthur R. Becker, Verne C. Madison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Fotie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
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- Joseph Stassi, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Michael A. S. MakrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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