Commonwealth v. Robinson

WIEAND, Judge:

In a trial for perjury, may the Commonwealth rely solely on documentary evidence to show the falsity of testimony given by the defendant in prior judicial proceedings? This is the first and more difficult issue raised by the appellant in this appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed for perjury. The second issue is whether appellant was deprived of a fair trial because the jury was able to discern from the Commonwealth’s evidence that appellant’s false testimony had been given during a bail hearing in a prior criminal proceeding. For reasons which follow, we affirm the…