Melissa Patterson v. State of Indiana

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Melissa Patterson was charged with two counts of aiding, inducing, or causing invasion of privacy as a class A misdemeanor, an offense set out in Ind.Code Ann. § 35-46-1-15.1(5) (West, Westlaw current through 2012 2nd Reg. Sess.). Upon interlocutory appeal, Patterson appeals from an order denying her motion to dismiss those charges, presenting the following restated issue for review: Can a protected person who is the subject of a no-contact order be criminally liable for aiding, inducing, or causing another person to violate that order?

We reverse and remand.

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