Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/28/2007

Commonwealth v. King

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939 A.2d 877
595 Pa. 685
2007 Pa. LEXIS 2940

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stating that “to constitute the offense of perjury, there must be a false statement, i.e., a representation, which could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding.”
stating that “in order to constitute the offense of perjury, there must be a false -6- J-A27033-17 statement, i.e., a representation, which could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding.”
stating, “the false statement need not be material to the main issue, so long as it has a legitimate tendency to prove or disprove some fact that is material, irrespective of the main fact at issue” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin, Fitzgerald

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