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720 ILCS 5/32-2 (2026)

Perjury

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(720 ILCS 5/32-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-2)
    Sec. 32-2. Perjury.
    (a) A person commits perjury when, under oath or affirmation, in a proceeding or in any other matter where by law the oath or affirmation is required, he or she makes a false statement, material to the issue or point in question, knowing the statement is false.
    (b) Proof of Falsity.
    An indictment or information for perjury alleging that the offender, under oath, has knowingly made contradictory statements, material to the issue or point in question, in the same or in different proceedings, where the oath or affirmation is required, need not specify which statement is false. At the trial, the prosecution need not establish which statement is false.
    (c) Admission of Falsity.
    Where the contradictory statements are made in the same continuous trial, an admission by the offender in that same continuous trial of the falsity of a contradictory statement shall bar prosecution therefor under any provisions of this Code.
    (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under subsection (a) of this Section if he or she is a peace officer who uses a false or fictitious name in the enforcement of the criminal laws, and this use is approved in writing as provided in Section 10-1 of "The Liquor Control Act of 1934", as amended, Section 5 of "An Act in relation to the use of an assumed name in the conduct or transaction of business in this State", approved July 17, 1941, as amended, or Section 2605-200 of the Illinois State Police Law. However, this exemption shall not apply to testimony in judicial proceedings where the identity of the peace officer is material to the issue, and he or she is ordered by the court to disclose his or her identity.
    (e) Sentence.
    Perjury is a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Taylor v. Police Bd. of the City of Chicago, 2011 IL App (1st) 101156 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
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Taylor v. Police Bd. of the City of Chicago, 2011 IL App (1st) 101156 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 3× “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2010). The dispute between the parties on whether perjury was proved centers on the element of materiality.”
People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “, for perjury (720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 1998)) for a June 1999 false statement under oath in Slover v.”
People v. Clinton, 2016 IL App (3d) 130737 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 1996) ("A person commits perjury when *** he makes a false statement *** which he does not believe 8 to be true.”
David Haywood v. City of Chicago, 378 F.3d 714 (7th Cir. 2004). “Even if Maras was authorized to sign Marozas’s name, if it turned out that the complaint was perjurious Marozas, who neither drafted the complaint (Maras did) nor signed it, could not be prosecuted, unless perhaps he authorized Maras to sign his name without disclosure that it…”
Bushell v. Caterpillar, Inc., 683 N.E.2d 1286 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “For instance, Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct provide that a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement before a tribunal (134 Ill.2d R. 3.3(a)(1)); assist in a fraudulent act (134 Ill.”
People v. Davis, 647 N.E.2d 977 (Ill. 1995). · cites it 3× “" 720 ILCS 5/32-2 (West 1992). Although the instant case is a criminal prosecution, it is premised on a civil libel suit which defendant brought against Keystone Printing Service (Keystone) and Adrienne Drell.”
People v. Hauck, 2022 IL App (2d) 191111 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “¶ 38 “A person commits perjury when, under oath or affirmation, in a proceeding or in any other matter where by law the oath or affirmation is required, he or she makes a false statement, material to the issue or point in question, knowing the statement is false.”
People v. Moore, 2012 IL App (4th) 100939 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2008). “[W]here there are two contradictory statements made under oath, one of them is false; proof that a person had made a contradictory statement proves, of itself without the aid of any presumption, that the person has made a false statement.”
People v. Mancilla, 620 N.E.2d 1163 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993). “32 — 2 (now 720 ILCS 5/32-2 (West 1992)); Ill. Rev. Stat.”
People v. Turner, 2022 IL App (5th) 190329 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2016). ¶ 79 In Guppy, the court found the statute’s reference to “ ‘a false statement, material to the issue or point in question’ ” significant.”
People v. Trutenko, 2024 IL App (1st) 232333 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2020). Here, too, the Fangman-Trutenko communications have unique probative value for the State’s proof of a required mental state.”
People v. McPherson, 2018 IL App (2d) 170966 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “See 720 ILCS 5/32-2(e) (West 2016); 730 ILCS 5/5-4.”
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— 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) — 12 cases
Taylor v. Police Bd. of the City of Chicago, 2011 IL App (1st) 101156 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2010). The dispute between the parties on whether perjury was proved centers on the element of materiality.”
People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “, for perjury (720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 1998)) for a June 1999 false statement under oath in Slover v.”
People v. Clinton, 2016 IL App (3d) 130737 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 1996) ("A person commits perjury when *** he makes a false statement *** which he does not believe 8 to be true.”
People v. Moore, 2012 IL App (4th) 100939 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2008). “[W]here there are two contradictory statements made under oath, one of them is false; proof that a person had made a contradictory statement proves, of itself without the aid of any presumption, that the person has made a false statement.”
People v. Turner, 2022 IL App (5th) 190329 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 720 ILCS 5/32-2(a) (West 2016). ¶ 79 In Guppy, the court found the statute’s reference to “ ‘a false statement, material to the issue or point in question’ ” significant.”
— 720 ILCS 5/32-2(d) — 1 case
Taylor v. Police Bd. of City of Chicago, 960 N.E.2d 750 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
— 720 ILCS 5/32-2(e) — 5 cases
People v. McPherson, 2018 IL App (2d) 170966 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “See 720 ILCS 5/32-2(e) (West 2016); 730 ILCS 5/5-4.”
People v. McPherson, 2018 IL App (2d) 170966 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
People v. Geiger, 958 N.E.2d 748 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
DeLeon-Reyes v. Guevara (N.D. Ill. 2020).
Solache v. City Of Chicago (N.D. Ill. 2020).
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