Legal Opinion

Elmer Dolan v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 21, 1955No. 15079PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Elmer Dolan was convicted on March 31, 1954, by a jury upon an indictment filed December 18, 1953, based on § 1621, Title 18, U.S.C., charging him with having committed perjury on October 30, 1953, when testifying as a witness before the federal Grand Jury for the Western District of Missouri. The District Court, after denying a motion of Dolan for a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, imposed sentence, and Dolan has appealed. He challenges the adequacy of the evidentiary basis for his conviction arid the fairness of the trial accorded…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Sinclair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. Hopt v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. United States v. MantonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael E. GaudinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  2. Herman Roberson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  3. United States v. Carl E. Koonce, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  4. State v. SandsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
  5. United States v. John AluCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957

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