COTTERELL v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Slayton v. Commonwealth · State v. Darrin · State v. Lintz
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is inconsequential whether Walls’ [sic] first statement to [the police officer] was true or false and whether Cottrell would have been committing perjury had he implicated Walls. If his testimony implicating Walls would have been untruthful, he obtained his suspended sentence in the first instance by perpetrating a fraud upon the court, a finding which would have justified revocation of the suspension. Deceit, untruthfulness and deception at the time of the sentencing are always grounds for revoking a suspended sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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