51 Va. App. 679 - Scialdone v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Pursuant to Code Section 18.2-456, I found all three of you in contempt of court. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Scialdone, I found that the two of you attempted to perpetrate a fraud upon the court by you, Mr. Taylor, altering the document that was to be presented to this court and you, Mr. Scialdone, for offering that fraudulent document to the court. That very clearly falls under Section 4 of [Code § ] 18.2-456, misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character. You, Mr. Jones, violated [Section] 3 of [Code § ] 18.2-456 which deals with vile, contemptuous, and assaulting language addressed to or published of a judge for or in respect of any act or proceeding ... in such court. [3]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.

2. “I have a document that you tried to offer into evidence, and you argued vehemently that it was a document that your client and his father provided to you two years ago when, in fact, it's a document that your secretary printed out on Sunday for you and Mr. Taylor. Those are the facts. . . . . [I]f Mr. Taylor wants to take the full fall for it, he can; but right now it's both of you on the line and ... Mr. Jones as well. So if somebody wants to break ranks and rat somebody out, they can; but otherwise the three of you are in contempt. And I do find all three of you contemptible at this point in time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.

3. “But you know how to white out and copy, I would assume, which is what's been done to this document that is being represented as being given to you two years ago but was actually run off by your secretary . . . on Sunday. . . . There is a serious ethical issue here, if not criminal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.