United States v. Hogue

Appellant’s case was tried in April of 1993. The provision at issue was paragraph 57c(2)(c), Part IV, Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984. It states:(c) Proof. The falsity of the allegedly perjured statement cannot be proved by circumstantial evidence alone, except with respect to matters which by their nature are not susceptible of direct proof. The falsity of the statement cannot be proved by the testimony of a single witness unless that testimony directly contradicts the statement and is corroborated by other evidence either direct or circumstantial, tending to prove the falsity…