Legal Opinion
United States v. Levy
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 3, 1978No. Nos. 77-1276, 77-2230PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
In preparing a true-false test, perceptive teachers, while aware of the possibility of pure chance-guessing, will phrase the false statement to be so close to the truth that students are required to be precise in making their choice. In drafting an indictment for perjury, however, a grand jury must take exactly the opposite tack. No guessing is tolerated and the indictment must set out the allegedly perjurious statements and the objective truth in stark contrast so that the claim of falsity is clear to all who read the charge. In the appeal at hand, the…
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