Legal Opinion
John Vuckson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1966No. 20013_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant appeals from a conviction by a jury of perjury (18 U.S.C. §§ 1621 and 3231), committed before a grand jury. We have jurisdiction of the appeal. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 1294.
Whoever, under oath that he will testify truly, wilfully and contrary to the oath testifies falsely as to a material matter, not believing it to be true, is guilty of perjury. (13 U.S.C. § 1621.) Perjury is not proved as are most crimes. The crime of perjury, from the time of Blackstone, has been declared not capable of proof on the testimony of but one witness, “because there is then but one…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- United States v. Joseph D. Nunan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Beatrice Foods Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Edwin Nathaniel Gebhard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. William Henry ForrestCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. William L. HamlingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Roberto A. MolinaresCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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