Legal Opinion

Gary W. Yoakum v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 2, 2018No. 79A02-1706-CR-1309PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

[1] Gary Yoakum appeals his conviction and sentence for Class A misdemeanor possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance and Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia. We affirm.

Issues

[2] Yoakum raises three issues, which we restate as:

I. whether the synthetic drug lookalike substance statutes are unconstitutionally vague;

II. whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Yoakum's conviction for Class A misdemeanor possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance; and

III. whether his sentence is inappropriate.

Facts

[3] On November…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cardwell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  2. City of Chicago v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Rutherford v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. Bailey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Donald J. Howard v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019
  2. Gerald Duane Lewis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Ismael Campos-Martinez v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019
  4. Joshua S. Jessup v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. Keegan M. Kinzer v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019

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