TROTT, Circuit Judge:
I
Background
In 1992, Keys was charged with and convicted of perjury, the making of a false declaration in federal court in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a). The statutory "materiality" element of this offense, however, was not submitted for decision to the jury, but, with the assent of both parties, to the trial judge. This practice reflected the established law of this circuit at the time of the trial. After the judgment...
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