Legal Opinion
United States v. Luis Javier Arias
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1978No. 77-2536PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a perjury conviction based on false testimony given by the defendant when he was tried for drug offenses. Luis Javier Arias was tried for the drug offenses on March 10, 1977, but the jury could not reach a verdict. He was tried a second time for the drug offenses on March 22,1977 and was convicted. He then was charged with perjury, 18 U.S.C. § 1621, based on certain testimony he had given at the first trial. Arias was convicted of perjury and he challenges that conviction on this appeal.
The principal issue is whether the Government failed to prove…
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