Legal Opinion

Kent v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1996No. 45S00-9408-CR-719PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOEHM, Justice.

A jury convicted Christopher Eugene Kent of the murder of three-year-old Joshua Ve-rill. Kent was sentenced to fifty-five years. He presents eight issues for our review which we consolidate and restate as:

I. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying Kent’s motions for mistrial based upon several alleged instances of prosecutorial misconduct?

II. Did the trial court properly admit opinion testimony from a police officer?

III. Did the trial court err by allowing the prosecutor to impeach Kent’s testimony with his voluntary statement to the State?

IV. Did the trial court…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Maldonado v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Mayberry v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Timberlake v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Carter v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Stephenson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Hollowell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Wisehart v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998

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