Legal Opinion

Michael A. Lane v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 25, 2013No. 82A05-1212-CR-640PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Michael A. Lane appeals his convictions for Murder, 1 class B felony Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in a Schedule II Controlled Substance, 2 and two counts of class C felony Criminal Recklessness. 3 He presents the following restated issues for review:

1. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by rejecting Lane’s tendered jury instruction on reckless homicide as a lesser included offense of murder?

2. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by admitting certain hearsay evidence after concluding that Lane had opened the door to this previously excluded evidence?

We…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. Sean Lamont CromerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  4. Henley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Kubsch v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Thomas Mack v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. Antonio L. Vaughn v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. People v. HopsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Adrian Walton v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. Ahkeem Shakur Scott-Manna v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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