State v. Hutchins

¶ 1. Defendant Wayne Hutchins appeals from his conditional guilty plea to committing perjury. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the prosecution for lack of a prima facie case because: (1) the State failed to present sufficient independent corroborating evidence to support the charge; and (2) the State failed to show that the alleged perjurious testimony was material to any issue at the hearing-where the alleged perjury occurred. We agree that the State’s corroborative evidence was insufficient to support the charge, and we therefore reverse.

¶2. In August…