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WATSON v. STATE

1 Div. 76.

398 So.2d 320 (1980)

Thomas Randall WATSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling G. Culpepper and Julia S. Waters of Smith, Bowman, Thagard, Crook & Culpepper, Montgomery, Rivard D. Melson and Paul M. Harden, Monroeville, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Elizabeth Ann Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicated and convicted for perjury. Alabama Code Section 13-5-111 (1975). The trial court fixed his punishment at three years in the State penitentiary.

I

To sustain a conviction for perjury there must be testimony of two witnesses to the corpus delicti or one witness with strong corroborative evidence. Ex parte Oglesby, 337 So.2d 381 (Ala.1976); Murry v. State,

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