WHITESIDE v. SCURR

No. 83-1015.

750 F.2d 713 (1984)

Emmanuel Charles WHITESIDE, Appellant, v. David SCURR, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

December 24, 1984.


ORDER

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

The motion for rehearing en banc is denied. Contrary to the argument presented by the state in support of the motion for rehearing en banc, our opinion does not create a right to commit perjury. Our opinion expressly states that the criminal defendant's privilege to testify in his or her own defense does not include the right to commit perjury. Perjury is a most serious offense and anyone who commits perjury should be punished...

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