Ward v. State

OPINION

Roy Dean Ward, who stands convicted of robbery and of the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of that crime, asks that we annul those convictions, claiming that they were procured through perjured testimony, and that the jury was improperly instructed. For reasons hereafter stated, we perceive no error and affirm the convictions.

1. The perjury claim rests upon discrepancies in the testimony of two prosecution witnesses. More particularly, it is asserted that those witnesses committed perjury because of differences between their testimony at preliminary hearing and their testimony…