Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial, the defendant, Tommy Lee Rutledge, Sr., was convicted of perjury (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 32-2). He was later sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He appeals, and for reasons which follow, we reverse.
On August 13, 1990, Rutledge was indicted for perjury. It was alleged that he had made a false statement under oath at a suppression hearing in Fulton County when he denied...
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