Legal Opinion

Sipple v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 15, 2003No. 79A04-0211-CR-572PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Christopher Sipple (Sipple) appeals the maximum eight-year sentence he received after pleading guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter. 1 We affirm.

Issue

The issue here is whether the trial court properly sentenced Sipple to the maximum eight years for his crime.

Facts and Procedural History

Shortly after midnight on January 24, 2001, members of the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department arrived at Sipple's parents' residence in response to a call regarding a shooting. They found Sipple's pregnant twenty-one-year-old wife Christina on the floor near the doorway…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Widener v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Kingery v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Pickens v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Trueblood v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Bacher v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Ruiz v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Truax v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. Rawson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. Vela v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005

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