U.S. v. Gaudin, No. 95-514 (U.S. Supreme Court) (515 U.S. 506; 115 S.Ct. 2310) (June 19, 1995) (Justice Scalia)
The Court held that a trial court's refusal to submit the issue of the materiality of a defendant's false statements to the jury infringed on the defendant's right to have a jury determine every element of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. (Id., at 522-23).
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