Legal Opinion

State v. Land

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 11, 1997No. 79A02-9705-CR-282PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

The State of Indiana appeals the trial court’s orders dismissing Count I of the respective charging informations against both Richard K. Land, Jr. (Land) and Mack Vernon Tutt (Tutt) (defendants below). The count charged the defendants with Nonsupport of a Dependant Child as a Class C felony.

We reverse.

The sole issue for review is whether the trial court erred in determining that I.C. 35-46-1-5(a), which formed the basis of the charges here, constituted an unconstitutional ex post facto law.

The facts are remarkably simple. Both individuals were charged with Nonsupport of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. Lynn Truman CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  3. Funk v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. United States v. Gerald Black, United States of America v. Stephen R. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. Burris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cooper v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  2. Sanjari v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Porter v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  4. Turner v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. Arnel J. Gallanosa, D.D.S. v. Indiana State Board of Dentistry (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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