Legal Opinion

Whatley v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 8, 1999No. 36A05-9806-CR-307PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge

When a motor carrier inspector found Craig E. Whatley completely nude in the cab of his semi-trailer truck he was arrested for and ultimately found guilty of public indecency as a Class A misdemeanor. He now appeals raising three issues for our review which we consolidate into two and rephrase as follows: (1) is the cab of a semi-trailer truck a public place within the meaning of the public indecency statute, and (2) was the evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction.

We affirm.

Whatley is an independent operator who owns a semi-trailer truck equipped with a sleeping…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Price v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Heichelbech v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Miles v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Nield v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Atkins v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
  2. Townsend v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Moore v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  4. Progressive Casualty Insurance v. K.S. ex rel. George-JarrardDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2010
  5. People v. NaranjoColorado Court of Appeals · 2015

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