Legal Opinion

Polk v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 23, 1997No. 79S00-9612-CR-748PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOEHM, Justice.

Defendant Ronnie E. Polk was convicted of possession of at least three grams of cocaine within 1000 feet of school property, a Class A felony,1 and of possession of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of school property, a Class C felony.2 The jury also found Polk to be a habitual offender. The trial court imposed concurrent sentences of thirty years and four years respectively on the possession charges. The cocaine conviction was enhanced by thirty years for the habitual offender finding. Because ten years of the sentence was suspended, Polk received a total term of fifty…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. Rufus HollandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  3. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. United States v. Anthony AgilarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. Morse v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Walker Whatley v. Dushan ZateckyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  2. Figert v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State v. BenniefieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  4. Mario Watkins v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Diaz-Zaldierna v. FasanoDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1999

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