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Answer for the clue "Perry Mason case, perhaps ", 7 letters:
frameup

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the USA, a frame-up ( frameup ) or setup is the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime . Sometimes, the person who is framing someone else is the actual perpetrator ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A false incrimination of an innocent person n. A false incrimination of an innocent person

Usage examples of frameup.

Worse, he and Captain James Kirk had been sent to Rura Penthe not due to any crime they had committed, but as part of an elaborate frameup designed to prevent a Klingon-Federation alliance.

Ronald Jeffreys had been framed for two murders he hadnt committed, and there was a good chance the frameup had been done by someone in the sheriffs department.