Legal Opinion

Sweet v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1986No. 784S268PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from eight drug related convictions. A jury tried the case. Appellant received sentences with a total executed time of thirty-two years.

Appellant raises ten issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in permitting witness Saunders to testify without being sworn to tell the truth; (2) whether the trial court erred in granting the State's Motion in Limine which prohibited him from employing a prior conviction to impeach witness Saunders; (8) whether the trial court erred in prohibiting him from cross-examining witness Saunders as to pri- or drug…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Maldonado v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
  5. James Edward Kennedy v. Harold J. Cardwell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Wrinkles v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Schiro v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Ingram v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Brown v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998

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