Legal Opinion
United States v. Virginia Nell Walser
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1993No. 92-6496PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a novel question: can one who intentionally causes an innocent party to commit perjury unwittingly be held liable as a principal under 18 U.S.C. § 2? This question arises from Virginia Nell Walser’s (“Walser”) appeal from her convictions for perjury and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1623 and 2(b), and making false and fraudulent statements to a government agency or department, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. FACTS
Walser and her husband farmed in Marion, Alabama. In 1989 a federal grand…
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