Legal Opinion
United States v. E. Graydon Shuford, United States of America v. Herman S. Jordan, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1971No. 71-1424, 71-1425PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case raises one of the problems sometimes encountered when two criminal defendants, each surrounded by a multitude of procedural protections, are tried jointly and the effectuation of one defendant’s rights necessarily works an infringement of the rights of the other.
E. Graydon Shuford and Herman S. Jordan, Jr., appeal from their convictions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1001, for (1) the knowing submission of a false document with reference to a matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice and (2) conspiracy. Each defendant was sentenced to 18…
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