Legal Opinion
United States v. James M. Chaplin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 1994No. 93-2942PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, James M. Chaplin challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him of three counts of perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621. Mr. Chaplin submits that the government failed to satisfy the evidentiary requirement of the two-witness rule. For the reasons that follow, the judgment of the district court is affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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BACKGROUND
Mr. Chaplin owned a firm that contracted with the state of Wisconsin to build pit toilets at various state parks. In May 1990, the state declared the contracts in default because the work was not being…
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