                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GIVING CONFLICTING TESTIMONY ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS AS TO SAME MATTER;
INDICTMENT; SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE (§ 18.2-435)

It shall likewise constitute perjury for any person, with the intent to testify
falsely, to knowingly give testimony under oath as to any material matter or
thing and subsequently to give conflicting testimony under oath as to the same
matter or thing. In any indictment for such perjury, it shall be sufficient to
allege the offense by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly
and with the intent to testify falsely, on one occasion give testimony upon a
certain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different testimony upon the
same matter. Upon the trial on such indictment, it shall be sufficient to prove
that the defendant, knowingly and with the intent to testify falsely, gave such
differing testimony and that the differing testimony was given on two separate
occasions.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-276; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.