Legal Opinion

United States v. Antonio Lavere Thomas

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 6, 1990No. 89-8477PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Antonio Thomas, an attorney, appeals his conviction on one count of endeavoring to obstruct justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 by testifying falsely in a federal civil proceeding with knowledge of a pending grand jury investigation. The government concedes that a new trial is warranted because the trial court failed to charge the jury that the alleged false testimony had the effect of obstructing justice. Thomas contends that the government is barred from retrying him on this count because there was insufficient evidence that his allegedly false testimony had…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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  3. United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Osborn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by44 opinions

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