Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1948No. 10570PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant. J. Robert D. Smith, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment upon conviction by jury verdict of wilful and corrupt perjury in violation of section 125 of the Criminal Code, Title 18, section 231, U.S.C.A. He insists that the District Court commjtted reversible error in overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal and in declining to discharge him for the alleged reason that there was insufficient evidence of perjury to justify submission of the case to the jury.
The indictment upon which he was convicted charged that, on February 19, 1947, Smith…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Fotie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1912
- United States v. SlutzkyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1935
- United States v. MascuchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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- United States v. Jack L. Lewis and Edward E. LaneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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