Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 12, 2005No. 02A03-0409-CR-400PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBB, Judge.

A jury found George Sanders guilty of two counts of child molesting, one count as a Class A felony and one count as a Class C felony. The trial court merged the convictions and sentenced Sanders to thirty years in the Indiana Department of Correction. Sanders now appeals. We reverse.

Issues

Sanders raises two issues for our review, which we restate as the following:

1. Whether the trial court properly admitted into evidence a letter written by Sanders to the trial court; and

2. Whether the trial court properly excluded evidence proffered by Sanders of the alleged victim's…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Joyner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Lannan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Lawrence v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Long v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006

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