amicuscurie
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It’s my understanding that Florida rarely prosecutes people for perjury, I believe the legal standard is a bit higher than in other jurisdictions which require only a false statement made under oath. I believe in Florida the standard requires that the state show not only that the statement was false, but that it was about a material fact. It is my understanding that this extra step makes these cases more difficult to prosecute, and so my understanding is that this is rarely done, because of the resources and time it would take for what I understand is generally a crime carrying a relatively small sentence.Would any lawyers here be willing to discuss the possibility of Wendi tried on perjury charges vs murder charges?
And also explain what the chances are on perjury due to the circumstances of her immunity? Thanks.
Could it be with Donnas delay the state would bring up perjury?
My understanding of the terms of her derivative and use immunity is that anything she says cannot be used against her, (use immunity), nor can any evidence that the state might get from following up on what she said (derivative use), so long as she is telling the truth. To the extent she is not, then it would appear to me that some of testimony, or evidence derived from that testimony, could be used against her, although I am not sure what the process would be, or whether that would make all of her testimony admissible or just the parts which were determined to be false.