Legal Opinion
United States v. Eric Chen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1991No. 90-10434PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Eric Chen appeals his conviction for giving false testimony before a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. He contends that the district court committed reversible error when it refused to give the jury his requested instruction on bad memory, and that his perjury indictment should be dismissed under the “perjury trap” doctrine. We affirm.
FACTS
Beginning in 1985, the FBI and the Department of the Interior began a joint investigation into possible corruption within the Public Utility Agency of Guam (“PUAG”). In 1986, a Department of the Interior…
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