Legal Opinion
McCain v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 23, 2011No. 27A02-1009-CR-985PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
Willie McCain Jr. appeals his conviction for Class B felony dealing in cocaine. McCain was accused of selling cocaine to a confidential informant. The informant avoided drug charges of her own in exchange for her participation in this case. At trial, McCain sought to elicit the potential sentence avoided by the informant for her cooperation. The trial court precluded discussion of any specific sentence that the informant might have faced had she been convicted on her non-filed drug charges. In addition, the confidential informant had a prior theft conviction…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Newman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
- McCarthy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- William Henry Cook v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018