United States v. Walter L. Nixon, Jr.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Walter L. Nixon, Jr. (hereinafter “appellant”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, convicting him of perjury before a grand jury. 18 U.S.C. § 1623. We affirm.

Although appellant’s trial was a lengthy one, the events leading to his grand jury testimony may be fairly briefly summarized. Appellant had been a judge of the very court in which he was convicted since 1968, and Chief Judge of that court since 1982. A married man with three children, he had for some years prior to the incidents at issue…