U.S. v. BOVA

1 Citing case

  1. United States v. Bova

    350 F.3d 224 (1st Cir. 2003)   Cited 14 times
    Denying a motion to suppress testimony from a perjury prosecution over a Sixth Amendment right to counsel objection, asserting that "defects in the steps that may bring witnesses to the stand are not adequate reason for tolerating the lies and foregoing punishment"

    The perjury counts were based on his denials under oath that he had assaulted Hurley and Tauro; the obstruction charge related to the threatened effect of these lies on the proceeding. After the district court declined to suppress the perjurious statements, United States v. Bova, 170 F.Supp.2d 96 (D.Mass. 2001), Bova entered a conditional plea of guilty to all counts, reserving the right to appeal on the suppression issue. He was thereafter sentenced to 30 months imprisonment.