Legal Opinion
Joseph Doto v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 11, 1955No. 12190_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted on one of two counts charging him with perjury 1 2while testifying before the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized- Crime in Interstate Commerce. The alleged perjurious statement was that he was then a citizen of the United States. The Government says he was and is a citizen of Italy, having been born there and never naturalized in the United States.
Doto says the question as to his citizenship was not material to the inquiry which the Committee was authorized to make. We think it was. The Committee was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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