Legal Opinion

Mason v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1983No. 182S41PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant John B. Mason was found guilty by a jury in the Grant Superi- or Court of rape, a class A felony, and criminal confinement, a class B felony. He subsequently was sentenced by the trial judge to fifty years imprisonment for the rape conviction and to ten years imprisonment for the criminal confinement conviction. Said sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following issue for our review: 1. whether the jury verdicts finding Appellant guilty of rape and confinement are contrary to law inasmuch as…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Turner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  2. State v. MagnusonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Thomas v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Basham v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Metzler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Rogers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Jesse L. Payne v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2020

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