Legal Opinion

Gray v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 2011No. 82S01-1106-CR-328PublishedCited by 120 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A trial court found Lisa Gray guilty of possessing marijuana as a class A misdemeanor, but the Court of Appeals set aside the conviction on the grounds of insufficient evidence. We have accepted jurisdiction to reinstate the judgment.

Facts and Procedural History

On the evening of September 7, 2008, Officers Robert Pylant and Jason Clegg of the Evansville Police Department arrived at Lisa Gray’s apartment. Gray answered the door and stepped out onto the porch to speak to the officers. (Tr. at 8,16.)

The officers explained they were there to investigate a report of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Minnesota v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Drane v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Jenkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Wright v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Gaddis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by120 opinions

  1. Detona Sargent v. State of Ind., and the Consolidated City of Indianapolis/Marion Co., and the Indianapolis Metro Police DeptIndiana Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Lawrence v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. Wendy Burnett v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  4. Christopher Smith v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Raihiem Johnson v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016

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