State v. Ott’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1982
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Meinken · In Re the Suspension or Revocation of the License of DeMarco · State v. Carbone · State v. Smith · State v. Fair Lawn Service Center, Inc.
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“... Unless a check or a withdrawal slip constitutes an "issue of money," forgery of a signature on either must fall into the "otherwise" category and be sentenced as a fourth degree crime. It would torture plain meaning to say that "issue of money" is the same as "check." Had the Legislature intended forgery of a signature on a check to be a third degree crime, it could have said so. It did not. [at 561-562]”
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