STATE v. DENNY

No. 572PA06.

652 S.E.2d 212 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Tywaine Sherell DENNY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Jarvis John Edgerton, IV, Durham, for defendant-appellee.


NEWBY, Justice.

The issue presented is whether the State presented substantial evidence to support defendant's convictions for perjury and making false statements. We hold that the evidence of defendant's failure to disclose his record ownership of real estate was adequate to support his perjury conviction. However, because the record fails to evidence all of the required elements of making false statements, that conviction must be overturned.

Defendant was...

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