Legal Opinion
Anthony H. Dye v. State of Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 2012No. 20S04-1201-CR-5PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Anthony Dye was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon (“SVF”) and found to be a habitual offender. We hold that this constituted an impermissible double enhancement and therefore vacate the habitual-offender enhancement. We affirm his conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm by an SVF and his sentence for that offense.
Background
Anthony H. Dye’s conviction in the present case arose out of the same underlying facts as Coleman v. State, 946 N.E.2d 1160 (Ind.2011). On March 18, 2007, Dye received a frantic phone call from his 20-year-old…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Freeman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
- Coleman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
- Nicoson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
- Haymaker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Anthony H. Dye v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2013
- Paul M. Brock v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
- Jennings Daugherty v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016
- Jerry W. Young v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016
- John A. Dugan v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
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