U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 02-4425.

325 F.3d 205 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph JOHNSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frances Hemsley Pratt, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Michael Cornell Wallace, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Michael S. Nachmanoff, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Johnson, Jr. was convicted in a bench trial on two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1623, which criminalizes the making of false declarations before a court. Johnson filed two documents with the district court that contained false material declarations: a petition for habeas corpus under...

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