Legal Opinion
United States v. William Fred Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1976No. 75-1413PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
William Fred Phillips appeals his conviction of perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The case was submitted to a jury which returned a guilty verdict. We vacate the conviction and remand with directions for further proceedings.
Phillips was prosecuted for knowingly making material false statements before a grand jury convened in Kansas City, Missouri. The grand jury was. convened in December 1971 to investigate a conspiracy involving certain persons engaged in organized ..crime from Kansas City and certain nightclub owners from northeastern Oklahoma. The objective of…
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