Legal Opinion

Pierce v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 2011No. 13S04-1101-CR-7PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*351RUCKER, Justice.

A jury convicted Donald A. Pierce on four counts of child molesting, three as Class A felonies and one as a Class C felony. The jury also adjudicated Pierce a repeat sex offender. The trial court sentenced Pierce to four consecutive sentences for a total term of 124 years and enhanced the sentences by ten years for the repeat sex offender adjudication. Based on the nature of the offense and character of the offender, we revise the sentence to a total term of 80 years.

Background

Pierce dated J.W.’s mother and after several months, moved into the home J.W. and her mother shared.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cardwell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Anglemyer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Davidson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Harris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Walker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by51 opinions

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