Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 30, 1994No. 17A04-9310-CR-364PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Defendant-Appellant, Jerry E. Collins ("Collins"), appeals his conviction of three (8) counts of Child Molesting, all class C felonies. We affirm.

Issues

Collins presents several issues for our review, which we restate as follows:

1. Whether the trial court properly denied Collins' request for a competency hearing;

2. Whether the admonishment given to the jury regarding a defendant's presence at trial was proper;

8. Whether Collins' attorney provided ineffective assistance at trial;

4. Whether the trial court's Final Instruction 10 was fundamental error;

5. Whether…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Spradlin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Lopez v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Clark v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Nelson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Singer v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Campbell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. Turner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. David Bisard v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. Carter v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011

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