Legal Opinion

Simpson v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 27, 2009No. 46A04-0802-CR-103PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Jeremy D. Simpson appeals his convie-tions for class A felony voluntary man slaughter and class D felony eriminal recklessness. We affirm.

Issues

I. Did the State present sufficient evidence of probative value to allow the jury to negate Simpson's claim that he was legally justified in shooting the victim to defend a third person?

II. Did the trial court commit reversible error in denying Simpson's request to recall a State's witness?

Did the trial court abuse its discretion in refusing Simpson's jury instruction regarding the presumption of innocence and witness…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Wilson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Littler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Davis v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. Randolph v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  3. Robert Lawrence Albores, Jr. v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. Joseph Matheny v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. Johnson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011

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