Sentences with phrase «perjury conviction»

If the statement were «I have written authorization from Z, the author of work X, to act on his behalf», that is likely to result in a perjury conviction.

The law of perjury is narrowly construed in the US, so to secure a perjury conviction, the government would have to establish that the person did not believe the literal words of the statement.

Being mistaken, even if the error is due to egregious ignorance of or disregard for case law, does not support a perjury conviction.

For a misdemeanor to come into evidence, the prior crime must be one that reflects on likelihood that the witness will lie, like a fraudulent credit car application charge or a perjury conviction for stating, «I did not have intercourse with that Lewinski woman.»

Ethics regulators on Friday announced a case related to the perjury conviction of the late Sen. Tom Libous was resolved with a $ 10,000 settlement levied against a lobbyist who had hired the lawmaker's son.

Not exact matches

A new inquest into the deaths increases the chances of convictions that were suggested by the recent announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service, who are looking into the possibility of manslaughter, perjury and misconduct in public office offences.

Lord Archer was banned from the Conservative party for five years following his conviction and subsequent two - year jail sentence for perjury, but this ran out in February.

We ferret out prosecutorial and police misconduct, and perjury, which also play significant roles in wrongful convictions.

St. Joseph County Circuit Judge Paul Stutesman on Thursday set aside his conviction of perjury.

A Richmond Circuit Court vacates defendant's 2012 drug and weapon convictions, as a detective in the case committed perjury in his testimony about the history and reliability of a confidential informant, which was extrinsic fraud that allows defendant's collateral attack...

HELD CJA 2003, s 78 requires the court to form its own view of whether or not the defendant's conviction for perjury was compelling, reliable and highly probative evidence that he was guilty of the original murder.