Originally Posted By: KCJeep
You are not placed under oath until you actually testify in a trial. The judge would simply have asked how he plead (to the amended charge by the prosecutor). There is no "lying under oath" here.
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When I was a much younger man, I spent plenty of time in traffic court. I was never sworn in or otherwise "under oath". This was just a plea bargain, plain and simple. There are murderers walking the streets right now who plead down to manslaughter. This is small potatoes.
My conscious would be clean as a whistle on this one.
You are not placed under oath until you actually testify in a trial. The judge would simply have asked how he plead (to the amended charge by the prosecutor). There is no "lying under oath" here.
+1
When I was a much younger man, I spent plenty of time in traffic court. I was never sworn in or otherwise "under oath". This was just a plea bargain, plain and simple. There are murderers walking the streets right now who plead down to manslaughter. This is small potatoes.
My conscious would be clean as a whistle on this one.