260 Pa. Super. 85 - Commonwealth v. Cottle’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 2013
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Riggins · Commonwealth v. Martin · Commonwealth v. Kates · Commonwealth v. Kostka · 234 Pa. Super. 31 - Commonwealth v. Davis
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“At that time, the defendant [Ernest Cottle], stepped up and stated he wanted to say something. Judge Nix advised him not to say anything, but he wanted to say something. He was taken to the District Attorney’s office, Detective Hahn interviewed him. The victim still cannot identify the defendant. Normally, Your Honorable, I would ask for a more stringent sentence, but since he came in and pled guilty, I would ask for a sentence of six to twenty three months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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