Legal Opinion

Schnitz v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1996No. 34S02-9507-CR-899PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals held in this appeal that the State need not prove that a cocaine dealer knew that he committed his crime within 1000 feet of a school in order to convict the dealer of dealing in cocaine as a class A felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-48-4-1 (West Supp.1990). Schnitz v. State, 650 N.E.2d 717 (Ind.Ct.App.1995). We granted transfer to consider this question alongside the appeal in Walker v. State, 668 N.E.2d 243 (Ind.1996).

For the reasons explained in Walker v. State, we summarily affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals in this ease. Ind. Appellate Rule…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Schnitz v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Netiko Jones v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012

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