What is the test for finding a defendant guilty of making a false statement under oath?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Agudelo, 414 F.3d 345 (2nd Cir. 2005):
We affirmed, noting that "[w]here the district court finds that the defendant `has clearly lied' in a statement made `under oath,' the `court need do nothing more to satisfy Dunnigan than point to the obvious lie and find that the defendant knowingly made a false statement on a material matter.'" Id. at 80 (quoting United States v. Williams, 79 F.3d 334, 337-38 (2d Cir.
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