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COM. v. JOHNSON

534 Pa. 51 (1993)

626 A.2d 514

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Leonard JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 28, 1993.

Reargument Denied July 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Bowser, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy Dist. Atty., Catherine Marshall, Chief, Appeals Div., Laurie Magid, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is a perjury prosecution arising from allegedly perjured testimony given by Dr. Johnson, appellant in the case at bar, when he testified in a civil trial in 1985. The civil action, Bolton v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, No. 4895 July Term 1981, was a claim for damages for injuries allegedly suffered by Bolton in a 1979 trolley accident. Dr...

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