¶1dissents, believing that the trial court was in the best position to determine whether mitigating consideration should be given to Cotto's eventual guilty plea at the commencement of his trial and to his claim of remorse, and believing that the trial court's consideration of Cotto's involvement in a substantial drug operation is sufficient in itself to warrant the sentence imposed by the trial court.
829 N.E.2d 520
Cotto v. State
Decided June 23, 2005
Indiana Supreme Court · decided 2005-06-23
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably Cardwell v. State (2008), Anglemyer v. State (2007)
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Decided 2005-06-23
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