Legal Opinion

Jeffrey Archer v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided September 30, 2013No. 49A05-1209-CR-448PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Jeffrey Archer appeals his convictions of Class A felony child molesting 1 and Class C felony child molesting. 2 He presents multiple issues for our review, which we restate as:

1. Whether the trial court’s statement regarding the victim’s competency to testify was an impermissible vouching statement;

2. Whether the trial court allowed vouching testimony by multiple witnesses;

3. Whether the trial court erred when it denied Archer’s request to present evidence of L.B.’s post-allegation demeanor;

4. Whether Archer was prejudiced by a jury instruction about the level of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Drane v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Joyner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Hoglund v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Potter v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Rodgers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Craig Sampson v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Somchanh Amphonephong v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Melvin C. Hamilton v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Andrew Whitmer v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. Argumedo Alvarez-Madrigal v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017

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