Legal Opinion
Joseph J. Scott v. State of Indiana
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 2013No. 45A04-1208-PC-420PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRADFORD, Judge.
INTRODUCTION 1
Joseph Scott was operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (“BAC”) of 0.18 grams per deciliter when he fled a police officer and lost control of the vehicle, killing another. Scott indicated that he wanted to plead guilty, and his trial counsel advised him that the maximum sentence he could receive following that guilty plea would be thirty years of incarceration. Scott pled guilty to Class B felony operating a vehicle with a BAC of at least 0.18 g/dl and Class B felony resisting law enforcement causing death. The trial court sentenced Scott…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Richardson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- Grinstead v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
- Hall v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
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3Cited by7 opinions
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