People v. Dyer

Defendant, Clifford Dyer, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County of the offense of perjury and sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary. He appeals, arguing that the indictment charging him with perjury failed to state the elements of that offense, and that the trial court erred in giving the jury three non-IPI instructions.

The indictment charged, in relevant part, that defendant, while under oath, “did knowingly make a false statement material to the issues in question, which he does not believe to be true ° * Prior to trial, defendant filed a motion to…