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UNITED STATES v. DENISON

No. 81-3189. Summary Calendar.

663 F.2d 611 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leland R. DENISON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis O. Unglesby, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

C. Michael Hill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied January 27, 1982.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the federal recantation statute precludes a prosecutor from confronting a witness with evidence of his perjury, thus ending the possibility of recantation, before the witness has had a chance to reflect on his perjured testimony and perhaps recant.1

The appellant, Leland Denison, was convicted of two counts...

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