Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis D'AmAto
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 5, 1974No. 184, Docket 74-2008PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
On occasion a prosecution is completed under a statute that everyone, including defense counsel and trial court, assumes to be applicable. On closer examination on appeal, however, the panel raises a question that no one had considered, here the applicability of the statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1001, to statements filed in private civil litigation. After post-argument briefing, we have deter mined that the statute is not applicable to such statements. We therefore reverse the appellant’s conviction. 1
Appellant was convicted after a jury-trial for having made false statements in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. Irving B. Kahn and Teleprompter CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- United States v. KahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- United States v. Robert J. VesaasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Alan Herbert Abrahams, A/K/A James A. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Nicholas J. MasterpolCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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