Immigration
Feb. 28, 2007
Appeals Panel Forbids New Trial for Perjurer
An illegal immigrant may have lied to a jury to stop his deportation from the United States, but that doesn't mean the government can haul him back into court on perjury charges, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An illegal immigrant may have lied to a jury to stop his deportation from the United States, but that doesn't mean the government can haul him back into court on perjury charges, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Constitution's Double Jeopardy Clause forbids "repeate...
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