MOORE, Circuit Judge:
The defendant Hipolito Vega appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered after a jury trial, for violation of 47 U.S.C. § 508(a) — unlawfully accepting money for the broadcasting of records over radio station WBNX without disclosing this fact to the station (sometimes referred to as "payola") — and 18 U.S.C. § 1621 — perjury for falsely denying such receipt.
A somewhat unusual situation arose before verdict...
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