Legal Opinion

Myers v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1921No. 23,787PublishedCited by 22 opinions

From Noble Circuit Court; Luke H. Wrigley, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Charles T. Myers; From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtTravis, J.

— This was a prosecution upon an affidavit, which charged appellant with violating §2280 Burns 1914, Acts 1905 p. 584, .§388, otherwise known as the “criminal trespass statute”; there was a trial by jury, which resulted in a conviction by a verdict of guilty, and a judgment upon the verdict, from which the defendant, appellant herein, appealed to this court.

The only error assigned is the overruling of a motion for a new trial.

Appellant purchased a tract of land, the northeast corner of which joined with the southwest corner of the land owned by the prosecuting witness. The land purchased by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Boykin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  2. Hateley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Dawson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Palmer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Hughes v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. A.E.B. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  2. Olsen v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Taylor v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005
  4. Woods v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Lilly Industries, Inc. v. Health-Chem Corp.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1997

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