United States v. Gaudin
- Decided
- June 19, 1995
- Docket
- 94-514
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,553 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that materiality is an element of the offense of making false statement to a government agency and must be submitted to the jury — Sustache-Rivera v. United States (2000)
- holding that the materiality of a false statement is a matter for the jury to decide — 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2372, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4240 United States of America v. Mary Peggy Moore, United States of America v. Lee Roy Wiley (1997)
- holding that materiality is an element of perjury and thus a question for the consideration of the jury — United States v. Brown (2006)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the trial at issue here, respondent was convicted of making material false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency, in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1001. The question presented is whether it was constitutional for the trial judge to refuse to submit the question of “materiality” to the jury.
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Cite this
United States v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506 (1995)Read the full opinion
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