494 So. 2d 211 - Gorham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 22 state decisions

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1. “BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, this day personally appeared Ronnie A. Henegar, who first being duly sworn, says that he is the Defendant in the above styled cause, that he has read the foregoing Motion for Post Conviction Relief, and has personal knowledge of the facts and matters set forth therein and alleged, or that matters of which he does not have personal knowledge are contained in the trial court file thereof, and that each and all of these facts and matters are true and correct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henegar v. State · Shearer v. State

2. “[u]sing this qualifying language, a defendant could file a motion for post-conviction relief based upon a false allegation of fact without fear of conviction for perjury. If the allegation proved to be false, the defendant would be able to simply respond that his verification of the false allegation had been "to the best of his knowledge" and that he did not know that the allegation was false. We require more than that. The defendant must be able to affirmatively say that his allegation is true and correct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 628 So. 2d 1102 - State v. Shearer