Legal Opinion
Hewell v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1984No. 1-484A108PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RATLIFF, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Gordon Hewell appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of corrupt business influence, a class C felony. 1 We reverse.
FACTS
Hewell was the object of a sting operation conducted by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office in late 1982 and early 1983. In November 1982, Neil Thomas, Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Vanderburgh County, met with Danny Decker, who agreed to take part in the operation. Thomas devised a plan where Decker would offer to sell certain pieces of jewelry to the defendant, representing each item as stolen property. In exchange…
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