Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 3, 2006No. 18A02-0507-CR-651PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Brandon Patterson appeals his fifty-year sentence for robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class A felony. Specifically, he contends that the trial court abused its discretion in finding certain aggravating cireumstances, in weighing certain mitigating cireumstances, and in failing to find other mitigating cireumstances. Patterson also argues that his sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of his offense and his character. We conclude that the trial court properly found and weighed the aggravators and mitigators and that Patterson's sentence…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cotto v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Sensback v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Lang v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Neale v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Haddock v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003

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3Cited by17 opinions

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