Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 12, 1982No. 933, September Term, 1981PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPollitt, J.
It has been said frequently by humorists that one of the more often told falsehoods of modern times is "the check is in the mail”. It is, by the very nature of such a statement, extremely difficult to prove its falsity by direct, positive evidence. As was done in this case, however, the falsity of such a statement is provable by circumstantial evidence.
On March 24, 1981, the appellant, Marilyn D. Smith, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Washington County (Wright, J.) of four counts of perjury. Concurrent sentences of two years confinement in the custody of the Division of…
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- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
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