Legal Opinion

Buchanan v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 24, 2011No. 82A01-1103-CR-139PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Christopher Allen Buchanan appeals his sentence for child molesting as a class B felony. Buchanan raises three issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the trial court erred in calculating the amount of credit time Buchanan was entitled to when it entered its judgment of conviction;

II. Whether the court erred in finding the age of the child victim as an aggravator;

III. Whether the court abused its discretion in sentencing him; and

IV. Whether his sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.

Additionally, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Buchanan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Baird v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Creech v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Merritt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Adam Morris v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  2. Quiroz v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. Casie S. Rudisel v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Boss v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. White v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012

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