Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Purgery?

1 year ago, i made a statement to police while intoxicated. I later found out the statement i made was false, it was a case of mistakin identity, which i was not mad aware of until weeks later. I recently made the police aware that i was wrong in my statement, but i was unaware of it at the time. Is this considered Purgery? and if so, what consequences could i face?


Asked on 7/28/08, 11:29 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: Purgery?

Usually there's nothing to worry about. If they prosecuted everyone that was drunk who made a mistake about identity, they wouldn't have anything else to do.

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Answered on 7/28/08, 12:10 pm
Charles A. Pascal, Jr. Law Office of Charles A. Pascal, Jr.

Re: Purgery?

No it's not perjury. Perjury is a false statement made UNDER OATH. What you did was make a FALSE STATEMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, which is a different crime.

What I'm not understanding is....if you found out that your statement was false just a few weeks after you made it, why did you wait a year to correct it??

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Answered on 7/28/08, 4:21 pm


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