Legal Opinion

Fancher v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 9, 2009No. 49A02-0904-CR-301PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Samuel Fancher appeals his convictions for murder and aggravated battery as a Class B felony. We affirm.

Issues

Fancher raises two issues, which we restate as:

I. whether Fancher's equal protection rights were violated by the admission of an informant's testimony because the informant received a reduced sentence in exchange for his testimony; and

whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his convictions.

Facts

In late August or early September of 2007, Jerry Emerson went to Earl Hen-ton's home on Euclid Avenue in Indianapolis looking for Johnny Wells. A few days…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Drane v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Jenkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Benson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SlussOhio Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. Terrell Hawkins v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. Jerry D. Thompson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2016
  4. Robert Lee Brady, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019

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