Legal Opinion
United States v. Carrie M. Littleton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1996No. 94-5912PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge K.K. HALL wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge BEATY concurred. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Carrie M. Littleton appeals her convictions for perjury and obstruction of justice, stemming from allegedly false testimony that she gave at a suppression hearing prior to her son’s murder trial. We reverse the convictions because, with respect to both charges, the government failed to present any proof of one or more essential elements of the offense.
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