Ganzie v. Commonwealth

BENTON, Judge.

Marcus Ganzie was indicted and tried on five counts of perjury. See Code § 18.2-434. Ganzie argues (1) that the trial judge erred in refusing to merge the charges into one count and (2) that the convictions should be reversed because the statements he made were not material to the proceedings in which he testified. We affirm the convictions.

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At his perjury trial, Ganzie’s trial counsel stipulated that on May 2,1995, Ganzie and his prior attorney had a conference at the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office with Henrico County Detective James Dorton and two prosecutors. At that…