Legal Opinion
Ronald G. Becker v. State of Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 2013No. 45S03-1301-CR-9PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSH, Justice.
Criminal cases are prosecuted in the name of the “State of Indiana.” But as Shakespeare famously asked, “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” 1 Gertrude Stein’s answer was that “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” 2 Similarly, we conclude that in this matter related to the sex offender registry, “the State is the State,” whether it acts through a deputy prosecutor or through the Department of Correction. Both entities share the same substantial interest — to maximize an of fender’s registration obligations — and are therefore in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Indianapolis Downs, LLC v. HerrIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005
- Lemmon v. HarrisIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
- Microvote General Corp. v. Indiana Election CommissionIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
- Mercantile National Bank of Indiana v. Teamsters Union Local 142 Pension FundIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Mains v. Citibank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Indiana State Ethics Commission, Office of Inspector General, and David Thomas, in his Official Capacity as Inspector General v. Patricia SanchezIndiana Supreme Court · 2014
- Janet Freels v. James F. Koches and Sunset Builders, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018
- State of Indiana and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Daniel ReinhartIndiana Supreme Court · 2018
- Valbruna Slater Steel Corporat v. Joslyn Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
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