Saldana v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly causes to be delivered to another any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment or other court process with the intent to: (1) induce payment of a claim from another person; or (2) cause another to: (A) submit to the putative authority of the document; or (B) take any action or refrain from taking any action in response to the document, in compliance with the document, or on the basis of the document. [[Image here]] (c) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the simulating document: (1) states that it is not legal process; or (2) purports to have been issued or authorized by a person or entity who did not have lawful authority to issue or authorize the document.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Runningwolf v. State

2. “(c) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the simulating document: (1) states that it is not legal process; or (2) purports to have been issued or authorized by a person or entity who did not have lawful authority to issue or authorize the document.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. RUNNINGWOLF v. State

3. “documents that use language that possibly indicates judicial process do not constitute such process if the documents are not issued in the name of a court; but rather, an individual.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. RUNNINGWOLF v. State