Legal Opinion
Kenneth S. Tipton v. State of Indiana
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 2012No. 47A01-1201-CR-4PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAY, Judge.
Kenneth Tipton was convicted of Class C felony criminal recklessness; 1 Class D felony dealing in marijuana; 2 and being an habitual offender 3 after he shot at a house during a standoff with police. He argues on appeal the evidence was insufficient to convict him of criminal recklessness because that offense requires proof there was a risk of injury to a person, but nobody was in the house when he shot at it. 4 We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 5
On August 16, 2009, two Bedford police officers went to Tipton’s house to arrest him after his wife reported a domestic…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. ChunCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
- People v. HansenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
- McIntire v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Joshua Howell v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016
- Giavonni Montez Wickware v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
- John A. Johnson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018
- Kenneth S. Tipton v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2017
- Zachary E. Krise v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013