Is a jury properly instructed that a defendant can be found guilty of perjury if he honestly and good faith believed the statements he signed were accurate?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hedgecock, 214 Cal.App.3d 1082, 247 Cal.Rptr. 404 (Cal. App. 1988):

Here, the jury was properly instructed Hedgecock could not be found guilty of perjury if he honestly and in good faith believed the statements he was signing were accurate. Nonetheless, a defendant is entitled to request "pinpoint" instructions which "direct attention to evidence or amplify legal principles from which the jury may conclude that his guilt has not been established beyond a reasonable doubt." (People v. Thompkins (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 244, 257, 240 Cal.Rptr. 516.)

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