Avalo Allison Fisher v. United States

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Fisher appeals from a conviction on four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1001 by filing non-communist affidavits in the years 1951 and 1952 to comply with 29 U.S.C.A. § 159(h), the Taft-Hartley Act, which contained false statements about his memberships and affiliations. He contends that the indictment was defective in three respects, that the trial judge erred in excluding and admitting evidence, that the jury was improperly instructed, and that the United States failed to prove a case against him.

The relevant statutes provide as follows:

“§ 1001. Statements or entries…