Legal Opinion

Moler v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided January 30, 2003No. 39A04-0206-CR-272PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Michael L. Moler appeals his conviction for Murder, 1 a felony, challenging sufficiency of the evidence. Specifically, Moler argues that his convietion may not stand because no witnesses testified that Moler was sane during the commission of his crime. Because we are constrained by our supreme court's holding in Barany v. State, we affirm.

FACTS

The facts most favorable to the verdict are that Moler was living with Neil Wright and Neil's mother, Nina Wright. Both Neil and Nina knew that Moler had schizophrenia, but both also knew that Moler functioned…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barany v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Brasher v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Robinette v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Galloway v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Lawson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  3. Michael Miller v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  4. Carson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. Carson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012

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