UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 76-1798.

552 F.2d 226 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward Sinclair WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schaaf, Clayton, Mo., on brief for appellant.

Terry I. Adelman, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Barry A. Short, U.S. Atty., on brief.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, Retired, HEANEY and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Edward Sinclair Williams was convicted by a jury on three counts of making false declarations under oath before a United States grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. On appeal he argues (1) that Counts II and III were multiplicitous, (2) that he did not commit perjury because his answers were literally true, and (3) that the alleged perjurous statements were not material to the grand jury investigation and thus not violative of 18...

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