Legal Opinion
State v. Keihn
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 10, 1989No. 18S02-8908-CR-616PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKSON, Justice.
Following a bench trial acquittal of the defendant on the charge of driving while license suspended, the State sought appellate review on a reserved question of law pursuant to Ind.Code § 35-38-4-2(4). As presented in the State's brief, the issue is whether Ind.Code § 9-1-4-52 (driving while suspended) requires the State to prove that a defendant had actual knowledge that his license was suspended.
A majority of the Court of Appeals for the First District reasoned that the statute defining the offense does not set out knowledge or notice of suspension as an element, and the…
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