Legal Opinion
State v. Overmyer
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1973No. 3-872A41PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Líybrook,J.
Defendant-appellee (Overmyer) was charged with being an accessory after the fact, in that he unlawfully assisted one Porter Rhodes (Rhodes), v/ho had been charged with Theft, to escape from detection, arrest, capture and punishment for the commission of said crime. IC 1971, 35-1-29-3; Ind. Ann. Stat. § 9-103 (Burns 1956).
Jury trial was begun and at the close of the State’s evidence the trial court granted a directed verdict for Overmyer. The State appeals.
The sole issue concerns the propriety of the court’s action in directing the verdict.
Indiana law concerning directed verdicts is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Ralph Kelly Taylor, IICourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. RobbinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1943
- Holliday v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
- Nelson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Robinson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
- Caine v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. KelseyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
- State v. SeymourIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
- Johnson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
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