It was pointed out by the Judge, Smollett did himself in by commiting perjury from the beginning of his testimony to the end, just hours of non-stop perjury. He would have been far better off in not testifying.
Yes, even his shouts "I am innocent" are proven false because of the checks he wrote to his false abductors. If not protected by the law when the judge asked him if he had anything else to say, he would be toast.
He better be careful of what he says from here on out about the case lest he be dragged in for yet another Perjury case against him.
The court comes down like a ton of bricks over Perjury.
The judge should have considered every single lie to the court to be Perjury and sentenced him to the maximum consecutively for each one. This should have included every lie to a police officer (an officer of the court).
The judge should have cited each lie specifically and charged him time (consecutively) for each perjury. IMHO, he got off lightly and it is a shame that he did. He showed no remorse through his attorneys appeals and his final statements.
The trouble here is that folks who do this will likely do it again. And as the Judge said, another "Jussie".