Turn State’S Evidence
The crime of encouraging, inducing or assisting another in the commission of perjury, which is knowingly telling an untruth under oath. example: lawyer frank foghorn is interviewing a witness in an accident case who tells foghorn that foghorn’s client was jaywalking outside the crosswalk when struck by the defendant’s car. foghorn tells the witness to help his client by saying the accident occurred in the crosswalk and the witness so testifies in court. foghorn is guilty of subornation of the witness’s perjury.
