Legal Opinion

Griffin v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1998No. 02A05-9704-CR-163PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Frederick Griffin appeals his convictions for possession of cocaine, a class C felony, and possession of marijuana, a class D felony. He raises two issues for our review, which we restate as follows:

1) whether the trial court erroneously set the date of his trial outside the 70-day time frame after he requested a speedy trial pursuant to Ind.Crim. Rule 4; and

2) whether he was denied his right to an impartial jury when a computer error excluded a large portion of a township from the county jury pool.

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the judgment follow. On…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Sims v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Bates v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Wilhelmus v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005
  2. Smith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. Bowman v. SmootIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Brandon Scroggin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. Nikki Lynne Moore v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2025

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