People v. Clairborne

The defendant was tried under two indictments, one charging perjury, the other charging her with falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor (Penal Law, § 240.50), and criminal solicitation in the third degree, a violation (Penal Law, § 100.00). At the end of the defendant’s case, the Trial Term dismissed the perjury indictment and accepted the defendant’s guilty plea to both counts of the other indictment.

The first count of the latter indictment, charging the defendant with falsely reporting an incident, alleged that while the defendant knew a person had received injuries in an alleged…