Cobbs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. State · Perry v. State · 170 Ind. App. 451 - Moses v. State · Johnson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“More important, even if [the victim] had undisput-edly owed Cobb this money, Cobb would not have been justified in taking the money by threatening to use force or by placing [the victim] in fear; Cobbs' actions would still have constituted a robbery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sheckles v. State
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