Legal Opinion
State v. Fischer
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1986No. 4-1085-A-271PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, Presiding Judge.
The State brings this appeal in a criminal case. Fischer was charged with incest and criminal deviate conduct. The charge of incest was dismissed. The criminal deviate conduct charge was tried to a jury resulting in acquittal. The state now claims the trial court erred by dismissing the charge of incest and by excluding evidence of Fischer's prior conviction of child molesting.
On the day of trial, Fischer moved to dismiss the incest count because while the victim was the natural son of the defendant, the victim had been adopted out of Fischer's custody at the age of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In RE ADOPTION OF BRYANT v. KurtzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1963
- State v. BurneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- In Re Visitation of MenzieIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
- Sheppard v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- Lipginski v. LipginskiIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
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