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Criminal defense attorneys occasionally seek to have an indictment for perjury dismissed by raising the defense of "perjury trap." A perjury trap is set when a prosecutor brings a defendant before the grand jury in order to secure a perjury indictment, rather than to indict the defendant for a previously committed crime. Part II of this article lays out the perjury-trap defense as defined by courts and commentators. Parts III and IV analyze the two general arguments that underlie the perjury-trap defense: a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and entrapment. Part V shows that immaterial testimony is a necessary element of the perjury trap. It also shows that immaterial testimony does not constitute perjury, making the perjury-trap defense superfluous. Part VI expl...
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... execute each notice under penalties of perjury as defined in ? 25.11. The brewer shall specify th...
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... under the penalties of perjury, as defined in ? 25.11, it will be so executed and will be sig...
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... reasonably concluded Rolle committed perjury. See United States v. Singh, 291 F.3d 756, 763 (11... applied when a defendant commits perjury, defined as “false testimony concerning a material matter...
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... as a member of the Uniformed Services as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2101, or as a civilian officer or empl... primary provider, signed under penalty of perjury under United States law, confirming that the Centr...
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... of perjury, it will be so executed, as defined in ? 18.11, and signed by an authorized person. (A...
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... authority, does not constitute perjury as defined in [section] 1623). . (15.) Clarridge, 811 F. Supp...
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...(c) Perjury statement. Each notice described in this section w... the brewer under penalties of perjury as defined in ? 25.11. (Act of Aug. 16, 1954, 68A Stat. 749, ...
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... notice and execute it under penalties of perjury as defined in ? 25.11. The brewer must file it wit...
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... of perjury, it shall be so executed, as defined in subpart B of this part, and shall be signed by ...