Legal Opinion

Sapen v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 20, 2007No. 20A03-0609-CR-424PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-Defendant Charles E. Sapen (“Sapen”) appeals his convictions for Resisting Law Enforcement, as a Class D felony, 1 and Operating While Intoxicated, as a Class A misdemeanor. 2 We reverse the convictions and remand for retrial on the Operating While Intoxicated count. 3

Issues

Sapen raises six issues for review. We address the issue that we find dispositive: whether the trial court erroneously admitted evidence obtained in violation of Sa-pen’s Fourth Amendment rights.

Because we reverse the convictions, it is necessary to address an additional issue:…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Litchfield v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Shoultz v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. Casselman v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. James Lee Paul v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. Robin Harper v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. Harris v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. Shakur Johnson v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. Earl B. Martin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019

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