False Statement Examples In Michigan
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A person who knowingly makes a false report of child abuse or neglect may be charged with a misdemeanor if the false report was for an alleged misdemeanor offense. If the false report was for an alleged felony offense of child abuse and neglect, then the person may be charged with a felony.
(a) The person is restrained by means of a weapon or dangerous instrument. (b) The restrained person was secretly confined. (c) The person was restrained to facilitate the commission of another felony or to facilitate flight after commission of another felony.
(b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) through (e), if the report is a false report of a felony, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
(11) As used in this section, "false pretense" includes, but is not limited to, a false or fraudulent representation, writing, communication, statement, or message, communicated by any means to another person, that the maker of the representation, writing, communication, statement, or message knows is false or ...
Example: False pretenses occurs when a contractor promises to provide specified goods or services (a new roof), receives payment, but never intends deliver on the promise. Larceny involves the taking of property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of the same.
If you do something under false pretenses, you lie about who you are, what you are doing, or what you intend to do, in order to get something: He was deported for entering the country under false pretenses.
To prove perjury in Michigan, the prosecution must show that the witness intentionally gave testimony under oath that they knew was false at the time the testimony was given.
