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COM. v. KING

939 A.2d 877 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Duane KING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted September 25, 2007.

Decided December 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Michael Levy, Lynne M. Abraham, Ronald Eisenberg, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office, for the Com. of PA, appellant.

Sheryl Stern Chernoff, for Duane King, appellee.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.*

The question presented in this appeal is the proper interpretation of the perjury statute, 18 Pa.C.S. § 4902, in a case involving multiple falsehoods made by the same witness during a single judicial proceeding. The Superior Court concluded that the trial court erred by failing to conduct an individualized analysis of the alleged perjurious statements. Accordingly, the court vacated the...

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