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Supreme Court· 1/29/1945

Weiler v. United States

Citations

  • 323 U.S. 606
  • 65 S. Ct. 548
  • 89 L. Ed. 495
  • 1945 U.S. LEXIS 2490
  • 156 A.L.R. 496

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing analogous rule barring a federal perjury conviction upon the uncorroborated testimony of single witness
  • discussing analogous rule barring a federal perjury conviction upon the uncorroborated testimony of single witness
  • erroneous instruction that perjury could be proved by uncorroborated oath of one witness not harmless
  • erroneous instruction that perjury could be proved by uncorroborated oath of one witness not harmless
  • “The touchstone is always credibility; the ultimate measure of testimonial worth is quality and not quantity.”
  • in peijury case, “[t]wo elements must enter into a determination that corroborative evidence is sufficient: (1) that the evidence, if true, substantiates the testimony (2

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Judges: Black

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