Legal Opinion

Mullins v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 19, 1985No. 3-185A8PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARRARD, Judge.

Following his second trial for the instant offense, 1 Lewis Mullins was convicted of child molestation, a Class B felony. IC 85-42-4-8(a). Mullins received a sentence of six (6) years. He now appeals this conviction raising five issues for review which we rephrase as follows:

1) Whether the trial court committed fundamental error in failing to specifically instruct the jury on the element of criminal intent in this prosecution for child molestation.

2) Whether the evidence adduced at trial was so inherently incredible and unworthy of belief that it must be concluded the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Loyd v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Bieghler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Penn v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1957

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ludy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. KeihnIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Walker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Cardwell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Phillips v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986

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