U.S. v. Wells, No. 95-1228 (U.S. Supreme Court) (519 U.S. 482; 117 S.Ct. 921) (February 26, 1997) (Justice Souter)
Two years after the Supreme Court Court's decision in U.S. v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506, the Court held that materiality of a falsehood is not an essential element of a crime under 18 U.S.C. ยง 1014 that must be decided by the jury.
In this case the Supreme Court addressed ...
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