United States v. Peter A. Lebon

Defendant contends that the government knowingly permitted its main witness, Tina Pina, to commit perjury. We conclude defendant has not established perjury and affirm his conviction.

First, defendant claims Tina perjured herself when she testified that “being handcuffed and charged with unlawful carrying a firearm” was “all new to [her].” The statement was perjurious, according to defendant, because it was tantamount to an assertion that she had never been arrested before, when, in fact, she had previously faced several charges in her life. Defendant reads too much into the statement. Tina…