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Cal. Penal Code § 127 (2026)
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Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so procured.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1966–2020 · leading case: Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976).
Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976). “subjects any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being…”
Action Apt. Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 163 P.3d 89 (Cal. 2007). “” (Pen. Code, § 127.) In dissent, Justice Corrigan agrees with our conclusion “that the policies underlying the privilege tend to support its application in this context.”
People v. Jones, 254 Cal. App. 2d 200 (Cal. Ct. App. 1967). “Code, § 182) to commit perjury in two civil suits; the second count accused defendant of subornation of perjury (Pen. Code, § 127) in that he induced Franklin, Sisko and Laurence Boothe to commit perjury in stating as true a material matter they knew to be false, to wit, a…”
In Re Branch, 449 P.2d 174 (Cal. 1969). “An attorney who attempts to benefit his client through the use of perjured testimony may be subject to criminal prosecution *211 (Pen. Code, § 127) as well as severe disciplinary action (In re Jones, 208 Cal.”
People v. Truer, 168 Cal. App. 3d 437 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “For example, an officer who would deliberately lie in an affidavit to mislead a magistrate would be subject to prosecution for perjury (Pen.”
In Re Jones, 487 P.2d 1016 (Cal. 1971). “Opinion THE COURT Respondent, a member of the State Bar since his admission to practice in 1931, was convicted in April 1966 of subornation of perjury (Pen. Code, § 127), and offering false evidence (Pen.”
People v. Conover, 243 Cal. App. 2d 38 (Cal. Ct. App. 1966). “Code, §§ 118, 126) and subornation of perjury (Pen. Code, §§ 127, 126) respectively, of which neither of them had been convicted, thus attempting to impeach each of them indirectly or obliquely.”
Victor v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc., 708 F. App'x 333 (9th Cir. 2017). “See Cal. Penal Code § 127 ; Cal. R. Prof’l Conduct 5-200(B).”
People v. Grinnell, 257 Cal. App. 2d 653 (Cal. Ct. App. 1968). “Penal Code section 127 provides: Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so procured.”
Jose Romero-Almanza, Etc. v. Eric Holder, Jr., 533 F. App'x 754 (9th Cir. 2013). “MEMORANDUM ** Jose Antonio Romero-Almanza, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immi *756 gration judge’s (“IJ”) decision finding him removable from the United States as an aggravated felon…”
People v. Rutherford CA4/2 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020). “), subornation of perjury (Pen. Code, § 127), and filing a false crime report (Pen.”
(HC) Pryor v. Spearman (E.D. Cal. 2020). “Defendant admitted the special allegations that 9 he was released on bail when he committed the offenses in the later two cases (Pen.”
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