Rogers v. People

I find my self unable to assent to that portion of the majority opinion reversing the conviction of perjury. I attach a greater evidentiary value to a jurat regular in form and content than does the majority; to me, it is and remains prima facie evidence of verity until a jury is satisfied that it is not entitled to such credit.

Does a notary’s lack of recollection of the circumstances of the execution of a jurat strip it of the quality and quantity necessary to make it prima facie evidence that the signatory took an oath? This question pinpoints the problem with which the court here had to…