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...establishing a prima facie case of unsworn falsification to authorities under
18 Pa.C.S. § 4904?
(2) Did the Superior Court...:
(1) Did the Superior Court err in holding that a signed and initialed transcription of a police interview is not a "written statement" for purposes of...
337 EAL 2023
03-26-2024
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, Respondent...
...constitute a criminal offense and that the unsworn falsification statute is unconstitutional. The trial court granted appellee's motion to dismiss, concluding without explanation that the statute was not applicable to the facts ...statement, however, was made to a public servant, a requirement of the unsworn falsification statute itself. § 13-2704(A)(2). The statute does not require that the statement be made to a person authorized ...state appeals from the trial court's dismissal without prejudice of the indictment charging appellee with unsworn falsification in violation of A.R.S. § 13-2704(A)(2). We agree that the court erred in...
...Falsification-Glock 21, serial number XXM241, 6 counts of Dealing in Proceeds of Unlawful Activity, 6 counts Unlawful Sale or Transfer of a Firearm-Makes Any Materially False Written Statement, ...,
serial number 4451219, Unsworn Falsification-Smith & Wesson 99, serial number SAF0428, ...Falsification-Springfield XDS, serial number 53202131, Glock 34, serial number XVL654, 3 counts of Unsworn Falsification, Unsworn Falsification-Ruger P90, serial number 66248870, Phoenix HP25...
.... 2013) (citation omitted).
Washington was convicted of unsworn falsification to authorities. A person commits the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities "if he makes ...).
Washington was convicted, after a stipulated nonjury trial, of one count of unsworn falsification to authorities. The...matter of law, no probability of fact can be drawn from combined circumstances). This evidence was sufficient to support Washington's conviction for unsworn falsification to authorities. Accordingly...
...... of fact or facts, signed by the person making it, that ... is unsworn and contains a statement that it is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904 relating to unsworn falsification...signed under the rules. However, it does not contain an assertion that the statement is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, unsworn falsification to authorities. Instead, it contains a .... Arguably, this constitutes a mere de minimus typographical error. But we think not. The requirement for the statement evinces a policy seeking to ensure the reliability of affidavits by making it...
...some person having knowledge of the facts or by the unsworn written statement of such a person that the facts are verified subject to the penalties for unsworn falsification to authorities ...
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Taurance JOHNSON, Appellant.
No. 823 C.D. 2007.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania....
Submitted June 1, 2007.
Decided August 1, 2007.
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County...
..."certification" qualified as an affidavit, and that it asserted sufficient facts to withstand the motion for summary judgment. In order to qualify as an affidavit, it must be "a statement ... of fact or facts, signed by the person m...the rules. However, it does not contain an assertion that the statement is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, unsworn falsification to authorities. Instead, it contains a statement that ...constitutes a mere de minimus typographical error. But we think not. The requirement for the statement evinces a policy seeking to ensure the reliability of affidavits by making it clear to the...
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C. Evidence of Lepping Conviction for Unsworn Falsification
The Greenos argue that evidence of Lepping's conviction for unsworn ...convicted of unsworn falsification which requires submission of "a false written or recorded statement that the person does not believe to be true...statements "shall be admitted regardless of punishment." Evidence of Lepping's conviction for unsworn falsification is admissible to attack his...
...penalty for unsworn falsification made in connection with particular documents. For example, former R.C. 2911.03 prohibited the making of false written statements with intent that such statements be relied upon in evaluatin...(A)(3), which statute became effective in 1974 as a part of the new Criminal Code. (See 134 Ohio Laws 1866, 1949-50.) The offense of unsworn falsification with purpose to mislead a public official had...of the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code (1974 Ed.) reads as follows: "Unsworn Falsification to Authorities "(1) In General. A person commits a misdemeanor if, with...
...the purchase of a firearm and unsworn falsification to authorities - statement under penalty. We affirm.
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On May 10, 2016, a jury convicted Coll of making a materially false statement and unsworn falsification to authorities. On July 7, 2016,...)(4).
The crime of unsworn falsification to authorities - statement under penalty is defined as:
(b) Statements "under penalty".--A...
..."an unsworn document containing a statement by the signatory that is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities)." Because Fisher's petitions did.... § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
In addition, Fisher cites Pa. R.C.P. 76, which states that:
"verified," when used in reference to a writt...election recount petitions by making a written statement subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. The cases cited by Matheny only deal with either...
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Unsworn falsification to authorities.
a. Statements "Under Penalty." A person commits a crime of ...to dismiss the indictment asserting that he could be found guilty of no greater offense than making "unsworn falsifications to authorities" under N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3. The trial court denied his motion...is nothing in itself except as a perceptible manifestation of the intent to verify the statement certified. [
125 N.J. Super. at 207...
..., Chapter 19 (Falsification in Official Matters) is section 453, "Unsworn falsification." Pursuant to this section, a person is guilty of unsworn falsification if:
.... Tampering pursuant to section 456 should not encompass the acts of unsworn falsification — that is the realm of section 453.
The entry is:
Judgment vacated...punishes for "unsworn falsification" an individual who makes a written false statement on "a form conspicuously bearing notification authorized by statute or regulation to the effect that false statements...
...., this statement is made by the signatory subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. §4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
Signed this 28 day of October, ..., there having been filed with this Court by Jane Clare Orie her verified Statement of Resignation dated October 28, 2014, stating that she desires to resign from the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...allegations that she has been guilty of misconduct, the nature and specifics of which have been made known to her, as set forth in a Statement of Facts...
...penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
11/8/04 /s/ [Appellant] ------- ---------------------- Date Nancy Hammer
See Appell...skirt the fourteen-day time requirements of Rule 1925(b), but the same result does not obtain with her failure to serve the trial court with a statement of matters complained of on appeal, a fact Appellant verifies...case docketed with this Court at No. 1214 WDA 2004).
¶ 6 On July 20, 2004, the trial court ordered Appellant to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement of matters complained of on appeal...
...following offenses: (1) unsworn falsification to authorities - written statement, 18 P.S. § 4904(a)(1), a misdemeanor of the third degree; (2) false...subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, regarding unsworn falsification to authorities.
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AND NOW, this 30th day of November, comes the Judicial Conduct Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Board), by and through undersigned counsel, and files this Petition...
.... Falsification of the application shall be subject to prosecution for unsworn falsification." (Emphasis added.) Similarly, RSA 417-A:3-b (2006) requires applicants seeking automobile insurance coverage to "...residency . . . form prescribed by the insurance department," RSA 417-A:3-b, III, and provides, "A person who falsely attests to the statement of residency . . . shall be subject to prosecution for unsworn ..., RSA 641:4, and of unsworn falsification, RSA 641:3, arguing that the Superior Court (McHugh, J.) erred when it: (1) limited his cross-examination of a crucial State witness; (2) denied his...
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Plaintiff first argues Defendants violated:
N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 (Conspiracy); N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3 (Terroristic Threats); N.J.S.A. 2C-28-3 (Falsification of an unsworn .... BACKGROUND
The allegations of the complaint will be construed as true for purposes of this screeni....
Plaintiff names the following defendants in his complaint: (1) Ralph Dolce - Senior Investigator for S.I.D.; (2) Stephen D'Ilio - Administrator of New Jersey State Prison ("NJSP"); (3...
...basis of identical conduct. The argument is without merit. The crimes defined by ORS 260.715(1), false statement under the election laws, and ORS 162.085, unsworn falsification, are distinct offenses. Although many...."
ORS 162.085 provides:
"(1) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification if th...no criminal penalty under the election laws for falsification of information published in the Voters' Pamphlet.
By 1957, the election laws false statement statute had evolved to...
...pertinent part:
"affidavit," a statement in writing of a fact or facts, signed by the person making it, that . . . is unsworn and contains a statement that it is...made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities[.]
As Officer Campbell's document contains this language, it..., purposeful avoidance of the truth on Appellee's part, and by evidence of the damaging repercussions of Appellee's statement. Specifically, Appellant disparages Appellee's intentions; accuses Appellee of...