Legal Opinion

Nathaniel Armstrong v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 26, 2014No. 49A05-1312-CR-621PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Nathaniel Armstrong appeals his criminal gang enhancement and his sentence for murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping as a class A felony. Armstrong raises four issues which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether Ind.Code § 35-50-2-15, the criminal gang enhancement statute, is unconstitutionally vague, and whether the enhancement is disproportionate to the offense;

II. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting testimony to support the criminal gang enhancement;

III. Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the criminal gang enhancement; and

IV. Whether…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. BondsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2015
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  3. Christopher Johnston v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  4. Donnell Dontrell Wilson v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2020
  5. Javon Thomas v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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