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Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (1949)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (1949)
Christoffel v. United States No. 528 Argued April 20, 1949 Decided June 27, 1949 338 U.S. 84
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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For alleged perjurious testimony before a Committee of the House of Representatives, petitioner was convicted under the perjury statute of the District of Columbia (§ 22-2501 of the D.C.Code), which makes it an essential element of the offense that it shall have been committed before "a competent tribunal." The Committee in question had a membership of twenty-five. Although evidence was adduced at the trial from which a jury might have concluded that, at the time of the alleged perjurious testimony, less than a quorum of the Committee were in attendance, the trial court, in its charge, allowed the jury to find a quorum present simply by finding that thirteen or more members were in attendance when the Committee was convened.
Held: so much of the instructions to the jury as allowed them to find a quorum present without reference to the facts at the time of the alleged perjurious testimony was erroneous, and the judgment of conviction must be reversed. P. 85-90.
84 U.S.App.D.C. 132, 171 F.2d 1004, reversed.
Petitioner was convicted of perjury under the perjury statute of the District of Columbia ( 22-2501 of the D.C.Code) for alleged perjurious testimony before a Committee of the House of Representatives. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. 84 U.S.App.D.C. 132, 171 F.2d 1004. This Court granted certiorari. 336 U.S. 934. Reversed, p. 90.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (1949) in 338 U.S. 84 338 U.S. 85. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZAUI5VRGJTVM3GV.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (1949), in 338 U.S. 84, page 338 U.S. 85. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZAUI5VRGJTVM3GV.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (1949). cited in 1949, 338 U.S. 84, pp.338 U.S. 85. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZAUI5VRGJTVM3GV.
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