Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 2 (2026)
Subornation of perjury
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Section 2. Whoever is guilty of subornation of perjury, by procuring another person to commit perjury, shall be punished as for perjury.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1979–2015 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Borans, 393 N.E.2d 911 (Mass. 1979).
Commonwealth v. Borans, 393 N.E.2d 911 (Mass. 1979). “See G. L. c. 268, § 2. Borans argues that the judge should have directed a verdict of acquittal on the indictment charging him with subornation of perjury because: (1) Stone retracted his perjured testimony; and (2) Borans merely “counseled Stone to ‘stick to the story’ that he…”
Limone v. United States, 497 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D. Mass. 2007). “Massachusetts, as in Petite , defines subornation of perjury as “procuring another person to commit perjury,” M.G.L. c. 268 § 2, akin to an accessory before the fact to the crime of perjury.”
Faria v. Third Bristol Div., 439 N.E.2d 842 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). “Although he makes a number of points in this regard, the crux of his position is that the commission’s decision must be set aside because the evidence before the commission was inadequate as a matter of law to sustain a conviction under G. L. c. 268, § 2. This argument ignores…”
Forlizzi v. Commonwealth, 28 N.E.3d 1166 (Mass. 2015). “268A, § 2 (c); three counts of subornation of perjury, in violation of G. L. c. 268, § 2; and multiple counts of conspiracy to violate those same laws, G.”
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