Pyle v. Kansas, No. 50 (U.S. Supreme Court) (317 U.S. 213; 63 S.Ct. 177) (December 7, 2042) (Justice Murphy)

Loaded on Jan. 16, 2001

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Perjury/Perjured Testimony.

Here, continuing to express its serious concerns about the use of perjured testimony to achieve convictions (concerns first expressed in Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103 (1935), the Court observed: " Petitioner's papers are inexpertly drawn, but they do set forth allegations that his imprisonment resulted from perjured testimony, knowingly ...

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