Legal Opinion
Chambers v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1981No. 1179S302PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Chief Justice.
A trial by jury resulted in appellant being found guilty of rape, robbery and confinement. This is an appeal from that conviction.
The record reveals the following facts. On December 18,1978, the victim went to a Bloomington laundromat where she was accosted by appellant. She was struck in the head and six dollars removed from her wallet. Appellant then forced her into a yellow automobile which she entered from the driver’s side. The door on the right side was damaged so that it could not be opened. This fact frustrated later attempts of the victim to escape her assailant.
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dillard v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. WaddyOhio Supreme Court · 1992
- Stephenson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Wallace v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
- Pearson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
- Edwards v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
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