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Criminal Perjury in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

Perjury is essentially the offense of lying under oath in an effort to deceive. Under English common law and early American common law, perjury was punishable by death. While the punishments for perjury have relaxed significantly over the years, perjury remains a crime and is seen as an offense that promulgates the miscarriage of justice. Tennessee?s criminal perjury statute is found at TCA § 39-16-702. Under this section, a person commits simple perjury who, with intent to deceive, makes a false statement under oath; makes a statement under oath that confirms the truth of a previously made false statement; or makes a false statement not under oath but on an official document required to be made under oath, which states on its face that a false statement is subject to a perjury charge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).