United States v. Woodward

OPINION

KNOX, District Judge.

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has remanded this cause for our initial determination of defendant Robert Roy Woodward’s contention that the Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy as incorporated in the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars his conviction for perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1623. U. S. v. Woodward, No. 78-1864, 595 F.2d 1215 (3d Cir. March 9, 1979 as amended March 28, 1979).

INTRODUCTION

The perjury charge arose out of testimony Woodward gave in his own behalf at an earlier trial in which he was charged with eight counts of…