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Robert Lewis WILLIAMS v. STATE of Arkansas

Opinion delivered May 3, 1976

1. PERJURY—DIRECTED VERDICT, DENIAL OF—REVIEW.—Motion for directed verdict on perjury charge based upon an alleged false affidavit on the ground that the alleged false statements were not material to the issues raised in a proceeding for postconviction relief was properly denied because the definitions of perjury in the first degree in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3001 (Repl. 1964) and of perjury in the second degree in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3002 (Repl. 1964) do not require that the false statements in an affidavit be material to a cause, matter or proceeding before a court, tribunal, body corporate or other officer and because the statements alleged to be false were material, as a matter of law, to a motion for the disqualification of the judge presiding