Most of us are well-aware that using fake or false evidence in a California Court proceeding is a bad idea. Even if you knowย the person is guilty, but there just isn’t the right type of evidence to prove it in a court of law, making or providing false evidence can not only lead to the accused getting away scott-free, but it can lead to your arrest and incarceration instead.
California Penal Code 132 PC covers offering false evidence in a court of law. It essentially makes it illegal to put forth any fake or false written evidence against someone in a court of law or other legal proceeding. Some examples of fake or falsified written evidence would be a forged will or a receipt that states certain payments were made when they were actually not. For someone to be charged with violating California Penal Code 132 PC, the “evidence” in question doesn’t necessarily have to be shown to a jury or officially labeled as evidence in the court. A person must simply give fake or false evidence to their attorney and have it enter the court process in some way.
Penal Code 132 is always considered a felony, no matter how minor a falsehood the violation may be. Being a felony, violators face possible punishments that include 16-months to 3-years in California state prison. Despite the felonious nature of the crime, a judge possesses the power to reduce the sentence to probation, up to 1-year in county jail, or both.
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