# Thomas v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 22, 2003 · 824 A.2d 26

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9692749

## Case

- **Full name:** Nathaniel THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** May 22, 2003
- **Citations:** 824 A.2d 26; 2003 D.C. App. LEXIS 290; 2003 WL 21198042
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Schwelb, Farrell, Ruiz
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that the jury can, through common sense infer that a witness with children would not want to be convicted of perjury because she would not want to lose custody of her kids

## Opinion text

PER CURIAM:
The judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Schwelb’s lead concurring opinion, except with respect to the issue discussed in Judge Farrell’s concurring opinion and in Part I of Judge Ruiz’ dissenting opinion. As to that issue, the judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Farrell’s opinion and in footnote 13 to Judge Schwelb’s opinion.
Affirmed.

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