Legal Opinion
Lechner v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 27, 1982No. 2-1181A384PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Defendant-appellant James A. Lechner (Lechner) appeals his conviction for child molesting, 1 asserting that his conviction was for a crime not charged and not a lesser included offense of the crime charged by the State.
We reverse.
FACTS
The facts relevant to his appeal deal solely with Lechner’s prosecution and the course of events at his trial. On April 13, 1981, an information was filed charging Lechner with attempted child molesting under Ind.Code 35-41-5-1 2 and Ind.Code 35-42-4-3(c) (hereinafter referred to as subsection (c)). Subsection (c) provides in…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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