PEOPLE v. ROSNER


67 N.Y.2d 290 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter Rosner, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Beller, Edward N. Costikyan and Dorothy E. Roberts for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (James Fogel and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.

Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


Chief Judge WACHTLER.

The defendant has been convicted of perjury for giving false testimony to a Grand Jury investigating a homicide. The Appellate Division affirmed and the defendant appeals. His primary contention is that the trial court erred "in permitting the prosecution to prove * * * perjury entirely by circumstantial evidence, where the alleged falsity of the defendant's statements was capable of being...

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