CHRISTOFFEL

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332 (U.S. 1975)
  …972); Stroud v. United States, 251 U. S. 15, 18 (1919); cf. United States v. Jorn, 400 U. S. 470, 479 (1971). Judge Learned Hand took this position in United States v. Zisblatt, 172 F. 2d 740, 743 (CA2), appeal dismissed on the Government’s motion, 336 U. S. 934 (1949). “So long as the verdict of guilty remains as a datum, the correction of errors of law in attaching the proper legal consequences to it do not trench upon the constitutional prohibition.” The challenge in Kepner was based, not on the Constit…
• United States v. Sisson, 399 U.S. 267 (U.S. 1970)
  …mly held that in grant [*282] ing a motion in arrest of judgment under Rule 34,12 a district court must not look beyond the face of the record. E. g., United States v. Zisblatt, 172 F. 2d 740 (C. A. 2d Cir.), appeal dismissed on Government’s motion, 336 U. S. 934 (1949); United States v. Lias, 173 F. 2d 685 (C. A. 4th Cir. 1949); United States v. Bradford, 194 F. 2d 197 (C. A. 2d Cir. 1952). See 2 C. Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure § 571 (1969); 5 L. Orfield, Criminal Procedure Under the Federal Rules…

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• Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84 (U.S. 1949)
  …indicted for perjury under § 22-2501 of the District of Columbia Code,2 and after a trial by jury was convicted. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, 84 U. S. App. D. C. 132, 171 F. 2d 1004, and we granted certiorari to review its validity. 336 U. S. 934. No question is raised as to the relevancy or propriety of the questions asked. Petitioner’s main contention is that the committee was not a “competent tribunal” within the meaning of the statute, in that a quorum of [*86] the committee was not pre…