Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 2002No. 34S02-0206-PC-305, 34A02-0102-PC-107PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Richard Lee Davis appealed the denial of his motion to correct an erroneous sentence, but filed his notice of appeal several months after the trial court's ruling. The Court of Appeals permitted Davis to file this belated notice over the State's argument that Davis' failure to timely file forfeited his appeal. It lacked authority to do so.

Facts & Procedural History

Davis pled guilty to conspiracy to com mit robbery, a class C felony. 1 The trial court imposed a five-year sentence, with three years suspended and two years to run consecutively to a sentence imposed in a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Games v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Greer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Howard v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State v. SweetOhio Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State ex rel. Gordon v. Vanderburgh Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by48 opinions

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