P. v. Cannon
In June 2008, defendant Demar Winston Cannon was convicted after jury trial of subornation of perjury by declaration (Pen. Code, 127). The jury found that defendant had willfully procured F., who was almost 13 years old at the time, to commit perjury by making a false statement in a declaration concerning whether she had been molested by Brian Allen. The trial court sentenced defendant to three years in prison.
As background, defendants father used to be married to the mother of Allen. Allen is married to the mother of F. In a criminal trial against Allen in 2005, F. testified about incidents during which Allen molested her. Allen was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts on F. and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Defendant had contact with F. after Allens trial, and on June 30, 2006, F. signed a declaration under penalty of perjury stating that Allen was innocent, her testimony came about because of pressure from her grandmother, Allen never molested her, and the charges against him were false. Allens attorney thereafter filed F.s declaration in connection with habeas proceedings pertaining to Allen, but Allen ultimately abandoned his attempt to seek habeas relief.
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