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Cal. Penal Code § 125 (2026)

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An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.

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Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2022 · leading case: People v. Hagen, 967 P.2d 563 (Cal. 1998).

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People v. Hagen, 967 P.2d 563 (Cal. 1998). · cites it 2× “In a perjury prosecution based on the defendant's having allegedly made an unqualified statement of a matter he did not know to be true (Pen.Code, § 125), this court held the "willfully" element of Penal Code section 118 applies and requires proof the defendant made such…”

Ho Yim v. William Barr, 972 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2020). “” Cal. Penal Code § 125 . According to Borba, this means that a person can be convicted of perjury in violation of section 118(a) without making a literally false statement, and therefore section 118(a) criminalizes more conduct than the BIA’s generic definition of perjury.”

(PC) Kidwell v. California Dep't of Corr. & Rehabilitations (E.D. Cal. 2022). “§ 241 (addressing 4 conspiracy against federal rights) and California Penal Code § 125 (addressing unqualified 5 statements that one does not know to be true).”

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