Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 28, 2005No. 18A04-0412-CR-697PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Appellant, Patricia Williams, was found guilty of one count of Felony Murder 1 and one count of Arson resulting in bodily injury, a Class A felony.2 The trial court entered judgment of conviction only upon the count of Murder. Upon appeal, Williams presents one issue: whether the State proved the corpus de-licti of the crime of Arson before Williams's confession was admitted into evidence.3

We affirm.

The record reveals that on December 15, 2003, Williams and Darnell Pratcher were staying in Muncie, Indiana at a house belonging to Larry Price. When…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sweeney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Pawloski v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Fox v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Simmons v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Beal v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. United States v. Sergio GamezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2023
  2. United States v. Sergio GamezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2024
  3. Katrina Louise Fouts v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2023
  4. Xiomara Kyle v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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