Legal Opinion

Guffey v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 6, 1979No. 1-1277S307PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Kenneth A. Guffey, Sr. was found guilty in a trial by jury of assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires 1 and brings this appeal raising three issues: sufficiency of the evidence; the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence; and the giving of an “Allen” type charge to break a jury deadlock.

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the State are that on the morning of May 30, 1975, D. Melton,- the prosecutrix, M. Davis (Davis) and Kenneth Guffey, Jr. (Guffey, Jr.) decided to skip school. The youths were twelve or…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
  4. People v. GainerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
  5. United States v. Harold SilvernCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Lewis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Broadus v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Napier v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Hicks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Indiana State Highway Commission v. VanderburIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982

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