People v. Laws

Mikoll, J. (dissenting).

I dissent and vote to reverse.

Defendant was tried for the crimes of perjury in the first degree and perjury in the second degree on September 22, 1976 arising out of a written sworn statement given to the State Police by the defendant on September 24, 1975 and the oral testimony given by the defendant during a criminal trial of People v Cunningham in January of 1976.

At the end of the People’s case defense counsel renewed his earlier motion for a dismissal of the indictment for the People’s failure to prove that the statements made by the defendant were irreconcilably…