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Armando A. Miranda v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 30, 1958No. 5240_1PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Armando A. Miranda, an attorney practicing in Puerto Rico, was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico of subornation of perjury. The gravamen of the offense charged, which is punishable under section 1622 of title 18 United States Code, was that the defendant in court-martial proceedings held in Puerto Rico in which he acted as civilian counsel for three servicemen charged with burglary on a military post, suborned his clients to testify falsely with respect to the circumstances under which their confessions…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. United States v. GaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Poliafico v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  4. Humphries v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  5. Crowley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904

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3Cited by98 opinions

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  4. State v. WilliamsOhio Supreme Court · 2003
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