Legal Opinion

Laster v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 22, 2009No. 31A05-0904-CR-207PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

Appellant-defendant Eric Wade Laster appeals his convictions for two counts of Child Molesting, 1 a class A felony, and four counts of Child Molesting, 2 a class C felony. Laster argues that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence statements he made to police before and after receiving Miranda 3 warnings. Additionally, Laster contends that the aggregate sixty-four-year sentence imposed by the trial court is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offenses and his character. We find no error in the admission of his statements to the police. But given the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Cliver v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Griffith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Loving v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Otha S. Hamilton v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Lay v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. D.Y. v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Dennis Ray Smith v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. Justin Scruggs v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020

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