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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-436

Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Corizzi (2002)

Most recently applied in In Re Corizzi (July 2002)

Code 1950, § 18.1-277; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

If any person procure or induce another to commit perjury or to give false testimony under oath in violation of any provision of this article, he shall be punished as prescribed in § 18.2-434.

In any prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to prove that the person alleged to have given false testimony shall have been procured, induced, counselled or advised to give such testimony by the party charged.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.