Milton Rosales Rivera v. Loretta E. Lynch

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

At common law, a'person could be convicted of perjury “when, under oath, he wilfully and corruptly [gave] false testimony on a material point in a judicial proceeding.” 4 Wharton’s Crim. Law § 574, Westlaw (database updated Sept. 2015); see also In re H —, 1 I. & N. Dec. 669, 670 (BIA 1943). Today, many states have adopted expanded definitions of perjury that include false statements made in depositions, declarations,-and other non-judicial proceedings. California Penal Code section 118 is one. such “general” perjury statute. See 2 Witkin & Epstein, Cal. Crim. Law…