People v. Wright

The defendant herein is charged with perjury in that he testified before the Grand Jury that he had not written certain words on two different competitive civil service examination papers. The People have presented two handwriting experts, who, after examining a sample of the defendant’s handwriting, compared it with the examination papers in question and testified that it was their opinion that the words on the examination papers were written by the defendant.

The attorney for the defendant argues that this opinion evidence does not satisfy the law concerning the proof necessary to sustain a…