Legal Opinion
Eugene Roach v. State of Indiana
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 2017No. Court of Appeals Case 49A04-1608-CR-1918PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Judge.
Case Summary
Eugene Roach appeals his conviction for Class A misdemeanor resisting law; enforcement. We remand. -
Issues
Roach- raises two issues, but we address one dispositive issue, which we restate as whether the trial court properly denied his Batson challenge. 1
Facts
Indiana State Police Trooper Thomas Bennett was involved in a traffic stop in Marion County when a woman álerted him to a nearby situation. Trooper Bennett saw Roach and a woman near a bicycle and saw Roach hit the woman. Trooper Bennett yelled, “[H]ey, stop, police!” Tr. p. 135. Roach made eye contact with…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Snyder v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Johnson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by4 opinions
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