Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 18, 2000No. 46A03-0003-CR-109PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Samuel Patterson (“Patterson”) appeals his convictions by jury for rape and burglary as Class B felonies.

We affirm. *

ISSUES

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying Patterson’s rrfotion to suppress.

2. Whether the trial court erred in admitting testimony about match probabilities derived from deoxyribonu-cleic acid (“DNA”) tests.

3. Whether the trial court erred when it allowed the jury to take certain exhibits into the jury room during deliberations.

4. Whether the jury conducted an improper experiment during deliberations.

FACTS

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Vernonia School District 47J v. ActonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von RaabSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. GarvinIllinois Supreme Court · 2006
  2. People v. GarvinAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
  3. Balding v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Patterson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Keeney v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007

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