TCA 40-13-213
Alleging perjury
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What does this charge mean?
In perjury (lying under oath) cases, the indictment does not need to include the full court records where the false oath was given or prove the court's authority to administer the oath. It is enough to describe the subject matter of the case where the lie occurred, which court or official heard the oath, and explain what was false about it. This streamlines perjury charges. No criminal penalty applies—it is procedural.
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(a) In an indictment for perjury or subornation of perjury, it is not necessary to set forth in the pleadings either: Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(1) Records or proceedings with which the oath is connected; or (2) The commission or authority of the court or person before whom the perjury was committed. (b) It is sufficient in a perjury case to give the substance of the controversy or matter in respect to which the offense was committed, in what court or before whom the oath alleged to be false was taken, and that the court or person before whom it was taken had authority to administer it, with proper allegations of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury is assigned.
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TCA Section40-13-213