Legal Opinion

Tawdul v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 20, 1999No. 17A03-9903-CR-110PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge

A jury convicted A Joseph Tawdul of resisting law enforcement, 1 as a Class A misdemeanor. Tawdul now appeals, raising three issues for our review, which we restate as follows:

I. Whether the trial court erred in imposing an executed sentence of ten days imprisonment combined with one year of probation.

II. Whether it was reasonable for an officer to order Tawdul, a passenger in a lawfully stopped vehicle, to return to the vehicle that he immediately exited after the car was stopped.

III. Whether the trial court erred in allowing the State to cross-examine Tawdul about a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Maryland v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. People v. GonzalezIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Norton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Gray v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PrattSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Beauchamp v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. Harper v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  4. Tumblin v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. Johnson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001

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