Walter Lyles v. State of Indiana

I respectfully dissent. I agree with the majority that “[t]he term ‘contractual interest in the property is not defined by the criminal trespass statute or elsewhere in the Indiana Code.” Op. at 143 n. 2. However, our Court of Appeals has declared that the term “ ‘contractual interest,’ as it is used in the criminal trespass statute, refers to the right to be present on another’s property, arising out of an agreement between at least two parties that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing.” Taylor v. State, 836 N.E.2d 1024, 1026 (Ind.Ct.App.2005) (citing A.E.B. v. State,…