State v. Edgington

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Forrest R. Edgington, from a jury conviction of the crime of perjury. (K.S.A. 21-3805.)

The charges were based upon testimony given by defendant on January 23, 1974, in a divorce proceeding in the Johnson County District Court. Defendant and his wife were involved in divorce litigation and one of the issues concerned the source and amount of defendant’s income. Defendant’s testimony failed to include a sum in excess of $6,000.00 received in 1973 and January, 1974, from a group known as Physicians…