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Re: If you plead "not guilty" and are found guilty, can you be charged with perjury?
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Originally Posted by noahath
I was having a thought last night, and was wondering if any members of the Forum who may have some expertise in law can provide an answer. If a person is charged with a crime and pleads "not guilty", then is found guilty at trial; can that person then be charged also with perjury for having lied to the Court that they were "not guilty" when in fact they knew that they were?
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No, it doesn't work that way.
You have a right to plead your case, which would be meaningless if you could not plead not guilty.
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