UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 75-2144, 75-2154.

536 F.2d 1202 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberta WILLIAMS and Frances Harris, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackie L. Shropshire, Calvin D. Hawkins, Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Richard A. Hanning, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Roberta Williams and Frances Harris were convicted in a jury trial of making false material declarations in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The declarations had been made when they testified as alibi witnesses in the trial, and again in the retrial, of a federal criminal charge against Leroy Williams, the husband of Roberta Williams. On appeal the defendants argue that the district judge abused his discretion in refusing to grant...

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